Curated OER
National Park Service: The American Civil War: African Americans
An overview of African American's contributions during the Civil War. Presents the history, contributions, and information on the Underground Railroad.
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Robert Gould Shaw
Biographical profile of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who led the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first-formed African American regiments of Union soldiers.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Saint Gaudens: Robert Shaw Memorial [Pdf]
Analysis of a memorial sculpture dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts, the first regiment of African Americans recruited for service in the Union Army.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Black Civil War Soldiers Honored
Article describing the ceremony in Boston in 1997 in which Colin Powell honored the black soldiers who fought in the Civil War.