npr: The Civil War ended slavery in America. So why, asks author Ta-Nehisi Coates, do African-Americans, who benefited most from this crucial turning point, take so little interest in the conflict? Coates, a confessed Civil War obsessive, wrote an essay for The Atlantic titled “Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?” (via Black Scholar Of The Civil War Asks: Who’s With Me? : NPR) Photo: Library of Congress Ive always wondered the very same thing…

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    Very interesting article.
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    Because it didn’t end racism. Duhh.
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    Ive always wondered the very same thing…
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