Civil war Quote by Jamelle Bouie

“The few and scattered references of freedpeople suffering from the challenges of emancipation have been overlooked because these episodes do not fit into the…

— Jim Downs

“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition was badly…

— William Silverman

“For that particular community, for my community, the message has long been clear: The Civil War is a story for white people—acted out by…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The 1860s ushered in a number of changes that profoundly transformed the nation. While the emancipation of enslaved people and the increased resettlement of…

— Jim Downs

It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery…

— Gerald Horne

“The belief that the Civil War wasn’t for us was the result of the country’s long search for a narrative that could reconcile white…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

— I. F. Stone

The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long…

— Lonnie Bunch

I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.

— Philip Freelon

When we say the South lost the Civil War, we mean the white South. The blacks were liberated. And it's trying to redefine this…

— William R. Ferris

Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come…

— Wendell Willkie

I think slavery was an awful, awful period in our history, but when I look at what's become of black culture since emancipation, I…

— Zach Braff