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Join us as we talk to Dr. Emilie Amt about her new book, Black Antietam: African Americans and the Civil War in Sharpsburg. "As the prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation, the story of the Battle of Antietam has never been told through African American perspectives. The community witnessed John Brown’s raid, wartime skirmishes, the Battle of South Mountain and the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history. Read stories of encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Union and Confederate generals and of Black civilian suffering and sacrifice in the cause of freedom. African American experiences during four years of Civil War come to life in vivid detail, often in their own words. Award-winning historian Emilie Amt recounts the personal stories of those, both enslaved and free, who lived on the battlefield and who worked in the armies who clashed there."

Dr. Terry Anne Scott and AJ Musewe will facilitate this discussion as Dr. Amt talks about the importance of her book during a time when such histories are being challenged by school districts across the country.