February 3, 2010

How do we determine someone's

racial or ethnic identity? Is it up
to the person to choose or is it
something that can be imposed
from without? Why is it important
to know racial identity anyway?
Shouldn’t we be past that sort of
thing?
 Homework - Worksheet:
• Census Worksheet
• How should the
Census Bureau
address issues of
race?
• Does the Census
Bureau create the
problems or reflect
them?
 Camp William Penn
• Located in suburban
Philadelphia, near
where Lucretia Mott
lived
• Colonel Louis
Wagner was the
commander
• Frederick Douglass
visited the camp
The 26th U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry on
parade, Camp William Penn, Pa., 1865.
Camp William Penn
• 11,000 troops
trained there
• One of the
regiments, the 3rd
Pennsylvania,
fought with the 54th
Massachusetts at
Fort Wagner
 Just read – don’t write
"Once let the black man get upon
his person the brass letters, U.S.,
let him get an eagle on his button,
and a musket on his shoulder and
bullets in his pockets, and there is
no power on earth which can deny
that he has earned the right to
citizenship in the United States." -
- Frederick Douglass
African
American
Soldiers
• June 15, 1864 –
Congress granted
equal pay for all
black soldiers
• Approximately 1/3
of all African
Americans in the
military lost their
lives during the
American Civil War
 African American Troops
• Were credited by
many with winning
the war for the
Union
• In the end the South
tried to recruit
African American
troops as well, but
with little success
 Class work:
• Look at the various
recruiting posters
• How do people
decide to join the
military?
• What appeal is the
most effective?
• What appeal might
work now?