The History Department hosts lectures, workshops and events for students, faculty and the UCF community.
Mr. Holly Pinheiro, Jr., Doctoral Candidate at the University of Iowa will present "Redefining Citizenship & Gender: Black Civil War soldiers and Pensions" In the nineteenth-century, military participation in American armed conflicts was considered a white prerogative, which also served to “legitimize” black male inferiority. However, as Northern white attitudes changed during the Civil War, mainly out of necessity, black …
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