The untold heroics of the first Black war reporter on the frontlines

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The untold heroics of the first Black war reporter on the frontlines

Thomas Morris Chester knew the kind of danger he faced as an African-American war correspondent serving at the Virginia front during the Civil War. He was aware that he could be killed or sold into slavery if Confederates captured him while working as a Black reporter on the front lines. Yet, he willingly accepted to...

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