We all took part in America's Revolutions

We don't get much from our history classes in schools like we should. I am fascinated by the history of black patriots. There were so many, yet we only learned about one in high school, Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the struggle for our nations independence. A black man. But there were so many more than him. Immediately after the Civil War, former slaves began educating themselves. By 1875, there were almost two dozen black senators and representatives in Congress and hundreds at the state level in the southern states. The reason we have not heard of them, I believe, is because they were all republican. The KuKluxKlan's primary function was to prevent the black and white republican voters from electing black republicans to their state legislatures. Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White, by David Barton, is available in paperback and DVD. I urge you to get it and read or watch it several times. Black Americans have so much to be proud of and so many reasons to love this country.