Alexander Clark Organizes African-Americans in Iowa to Fight in the Civil War

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civil rights school segregation desegregation voting rights Brown v. Board of Education Iowa civil war 60th united states colored infantry regiment iowa first volunteer regiment of african-american descent colored descent recruiter blacks black history african-americans abolitionists abolitionism slavery free blacks free state muscatine alexander clark
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History-Social Science
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Alexander Clark Organizes African-Americans in Iowa to Fight in the Civil War

Iowan Alexander Clark mobilized African-Americans in Midwest states to fight for the North in the Civil War. In this clip from the Lost in History: Alexander Clark documentary, historian Kent Sissel explains how Clark was instrumental in organizing Iowa’s first all-black unit.
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