Nathan I. Huggins lectures

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The forgotten fifth

African Americans in the age of revolution
2006
A narrative of African-Americans during the American Revolutionary period and their struggles for freedom as many fled slavery to fight for the British.
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How free is free?

the long death of Jim Crow
2009
Discusses the brutality and legal oppression of African-American life after slavery in the U.S., covering segregation, lynchings, denial of housing and education, participation of African-Americans in U.S. wars, and the continuing struggle to be treated as equals.
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