Posts Tagged ‘Osborne Anderson’
Righting a Wrong in Harpers Ferry
In recent long-delayed acknowledgement of our own dark past, many Confederate monuments have been taken down throughout the South and in border states. Though there are some resisters (“fine people…
Read MoreOsborne Anderson was a dad!
Osborne Perry Anderson, the sole survivor who wrote the only insider account of John Brown’s Oct. 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry — to seize the federal arsenal and incite a…
Read MoreIn Celebration of Black History Month: FIVE FOR FREEDOM
In honor of Black History Month we welcome Gene Meyer, a prominent journalist and the author of Five for Freedom.
Read MoreFIVE FOR FREEDOM: Author Zoom Talk (Alexandria, Va. Library)
Journalist and author Eugene L. Meyer joins us to talk about his book “Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army.” The Zoom talk, Tuesday evening, Sept.…
Read More“Five for Freedom” garners high praise from Journal of Military History
Eighteen months after its publication, FIVE FOR FREEDOM: The African American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army continues to garner praise. The latest comes from “The Journal of Military History,” a…
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