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African American Women & the Civil War

Washington, DC
Saturday, August 4, 2012

Hari Jones, curator and assistant director of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, talks about the contributions of African American Women during the War.

Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 12:26pm (ET)

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