Theme
Military Service
Explore this theme across 31 historical figures, 39 heritage sites,16 lessons, 1 cultural references, and 1 journeys.
Historical Figures
Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
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Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865
9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
1866–1944
10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
1866–1944
Colonel Charles Young
1864–1922
Booker T. Washington
1856–1915
W.E.B. Du Bois
1868–1963
Colonel Allen Allensworth
1842–1914
William Payne
1951–?
Josephine Allensworth
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Colonel Benjamin Grierson
1826–1911
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper
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Buffalo Soldiers
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Benjamin Butler
1818–1893
Francisco Menéndez
1700–1770
Free-Staters
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Border Ruffians
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Bass Reeves
1838–1910
Judge Isaac Parker
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Grant Johnson
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Harriet Tubman
1822–1913
Frederick Douglass
1818–1895
William Still
1821–1902
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Thurgood Marshall
1908–1993
United States Colored Troops (USCT)
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Robert Gould Shaw
1850–1931
William Harvey Carney
1840–1908
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
1912–2002
Daniel 'Chappie' James
1920–1978
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1758–1806
Heritage Sites
African American Civil War Memorial
Washington, DC
Amistad National Recreation Area
Del Rio, TX
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville, GA
Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, MD
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox, VA
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Houston, TX
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Middletown, VA
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Wilberforce, OH
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Earlimart, CA
Fort Concho National Historic Landmark
San Angelo, TX
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis, TX
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Larned, KS
Fort Monroe National Monument
Hampton, VA
Fort Mose Historic State Park
St. Augustine, FL
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Fort Scott, KS
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith, AR
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Charleston, SC
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco, CA
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Church Creek, MD
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw, GA
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Blacksburg, SC
Lincoln University of Missouri
Jefferson City, MO
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas, VA
Monocacy National Battlefield
Frederick, MD
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, DC
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
Patriots Park (1st Rhode Island Regiment Monument)
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Garfield, AR
Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg, VA
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
Concord, CA
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX
Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
Boston, MA
San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan, PR
Shiloh National Military Park
Shiloh, TN
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Springfield, MA
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee, AL
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
Vertières battlefield
Cap-Haïtien, N/A
Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg, MS
Curriculum Lessons
Gaspar Yanga and San Lorenzo de los Negros: The First Free Town in the Americas
Unit 1
Juan Garrido: The Black Conquistador
Unit 1
1931: A Colonial Exposition Displays the Soldiers Who Fought for France
Unit 4
The Tirailleurs Senegalais: Africa's Soldiers in France's War
Unit 4
Freedom's Soldiers: African Americans and the Civil War
Unit 4
The General Strike & The End of Slavery (1861–1865)
Unit 4
Serving and Sacrificing: Black Military Service from Reconstruction to World War II
Unit 4.5
Eleven Million People, Relocated: Villagization's Documented Cost
Unit 5
The 'Black Shame': A Propaganda Campaign Built to Humiliate
Unit 5
Vietnam: Black Service, Black Resistance
Unit 6
Tuskegee: The Study, the Betrayal, and the Wound That Didn't Heal
Unit 6
The Doctor Who Treated Both the Torturer and the Tortured
Unit 6
Dance as Liberation: Alvin Ailey & Dance Theater of Harlem
Unit 6.5
Lusotropicalism and Its Limits: Race in Portugal Today
Unit 7
Forty Acres: The Promise, the Theft, and the Template
Unit 8
Somalia: A State That Stopped Existing
Unit 11