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After the Civil War broke out, abolitionists argued that enlisting black soldiers would help the North win the war and would be a massive step in the fight for equal rights. President Lincoln did not adopt this policy.  He believed, as did his cabinet, that arming African Americans, especially the former or escaped slaves, would force the critical, so far loyal border states to secede.  This reaction would cripple the Union’s war effort and ultimately lead to defeat for the North.  Federal law, dating back to 1792, barred blacks from bearing arms in the army, even though this law was temporarily waived during the Revolution and the War of 1812.   &nb...

Thanks to the new movement for historians, concentrating on the small picture of everyday life, much of the life of Jews throughout “modern” history has been revealed. Everyday history can best be understood and defined as a background story of mass movements and outsiders. Individuals not included in history are an essential part of the history-from-below theory's primary focus, which includes the disenfranchised, the oppressed, the poor, the nonconformists, the subaltern, and the otherwise forgotten people. This theory also usually focuses on events occurring in the fullness of time or when an overwhelming wave of smaller events causes certain developments. Historians of everyday life ...

Paper back version" The first-line colored combat troops never exceeded 6,000 men serving in combat units. An additional 4,000 auxiliaries joined them and were recruited in the South for picket duty. Statistically, only 30,000 of the 179,000 black volunteers were combat troops.[1] Because of Union prejudice, African American uniformed soldiers were not used in combat as much as they might have been.[2] It was not until 1864 that Congress granted equal pay to the US Colored Troops.[3]In terms of the Confederacy, more than 380,000 were conscripted to work for the Confederate military in precisely the same jobs as we see above that non-combatant Union Afro-Americans were assigned. The differenc...

Pop Music Legends, by Hank Moore, is the only book that encompasses a full-scope music perspective, whereas the other books are micro-niche focused.  It covers 100 years of change and growth of the music recording industry.  It is based upon the author’s involvement in music over the years, interviews with hundreds of music stars and his knowledge of pop culture."Pop Music Legends” has 37 chapters, fondly reviewing all eras of music. Follows Hank's 6 Pulitzer Prize nominated business books. Love of music began in my first job as a 10-year-old radio DJ. He met Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Dick Clark, Beyoncé and hundreds of others in music. He was induct...