Black history month post: Martin Robison Delany

Feb 27, 2017 19:01

Black history month post: Martin Robison Delany

Author, Editor, Civil Rights Activist, Doctor (1812-1885)

(OP: Delany was also, during the Civil War, commissioned a Major in the 52nd U.S. Colored Troops Regiment. With that appointment he became the first black man to receive a regular army commission in U.S. Army history.)


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race / racism, history, black history month, usa, *trigger warning: racism, black people

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butterthetoast February 28 2017, 15:26:06 UTC
what a BAMF

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