Nearly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army. Another 19,000 in the Navy. Black soldiers accounted for roughly 10% of Union military deaths. A large portion of each were formerly enslaved.
I imagine they gave a damn about slavery.
Want to lift this up a bit because it highlights how the conversation around masculinity is centered around a lot of racialized assumptions as well.
Grant Lorrell
Connor Ewing
Big Ol’ Mush
All the people crying that we need “regular sports guy” Dems are the same people who told Obama—an absolute regular sports guy—to tone it down.