Critically Review on The Negros Civil War in Tennessee by Bobby L. Lovett
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Critically Review on The Negros Civil War in Tennessee by Bobby L. Lovett
Critically Review on The Negros Civil War in Tennessee by Bobby L. Lovett .
Show solid advancements in your abilities to understand, explain, and assess this historical article and its ideas. (This involves 250 points, Graded for clarity and content)
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In every significant chapter of Tennessee’s history, black men and women have played important roles.
More so yet few of the many books published on Tennessee’s history attribute significant roles to the state’s African-American citizens.
Also, except for chapters on slavery, the aftermath of slavery, and civil rights, the books written by most European-American authors generally ignore social and cultural African-American history in Tennessee.
Therefore, the majority of history books on Tennessee are inadequate and incomplete for the full study of the state’s rich history and culture, because in the nineteenth century African Americans comprised fully a quarter of Tennessee’s citizens–which should mean that they would be included in at least twenty-five percent of the state’s history.
Also, that is not the case and in Tennessee, in particular, early black history is sorely lacking.
Not until the twentieth century were real attempts made to complete studies on Tennessee’s African-American history.
Although these studies by white graduate students contributed greatly to the study of Tennessee’s black population, the books focused on blacks as mere workers and objects.
Lastly, precisely because of this national problem, black historian Carter G. Woodson, the second black American to receive a Ph.D. in history, joined with other concerned black leaders in Washington, D. C., to form the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc. (ASNLH), in 1915.