To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln (Johnathan W. White - DLM) Section- U.S. History General Here are the stories of

Here are the stories of those magnificent places and the unforgettable people who kept them from destruction--stories of struggle and conflict

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To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln (Johnathan W. White - DLM) Section- U.S. History General Here are the stories ofTo Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln by Jonathan W. White (Editor), Edna Greene Medford (Foreword) Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had