Do you love Civil War History? African American History? The History of Social Justice? The long History of the fight for Civil Rights?

Come hear Dr. Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. as he recounts the story of free people of color in the Civil War era United States. 

Dr. Milteer shows how the nation's growing divide in the years leading up to the war, the events of the war itself, and the policies of the postwar period shaped the lives of free people of color living in various regions of the country. His reflects on the ways free people of color used their voices, military service, and political acumen to push for a better version the United States. Calling upon their experiences fighting for equal rights in the prewar years, free people of color took advantage of the disruption created by the war to lobby for the end of discrimination across nation.

Come learn more about this inspiring history!

Sponsored by the Department of History and the Center for Social Science Scholarship