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Eugene DeFriest Bétit – 1944-2023
It is with deep sadness that the family of Gene Betit announce the death of their husband, father and grandfather. He experienced a stroke on November 4th and subsequently received both hospice and rehabilitation care but he joined those who have gone before on December 15th, peacefully and surrounded by those that he loved deeply. We mourn his loss and will miss him terribly, Sheila Betit and…
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No More Military Posts Named after Confederates
A commission mandated by Congress recently spent a year traveling to military installations, meeting with interested groups, and sifting through thousands of suggestions to rename posts, ships, buildings, streets, and anything else the Defense Department has named in honor of the Confederacy. In March 2023, the commission recommend the renaming of nine Army posts: Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg,…
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Created Equal? Race and Nationality in American History
You might have noticed that I have not been active on my Blog recently. That’s because I have been working diligently on another book, Created Equal? Race and Nationality in American History. Americans don’t seem particularly interested in history. Non-Fiction listed in the New York Times best-seller list consistently suggests this, usually focusing on novels and “beach reading.” Because most of…
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Juneteenth
Most of you know that Juneteenth is our newest national holiday, added by President Biden in 2021 to commemorate Major General Gordon Granger’s issuance of Special Orders 3 after he arrived in Galveston, Texas in June 1865, two months after Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox. By the way, all slaves were not freed immediately by any stretch of the imagination. Unscrupulous plantation…
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The South "Won" the Civil War by a "Lost Cause" Theory
The Southern account of the Civil War developed nearly as soon as the guns went silent. In an amazing achievement, Edward Pollard, wartime editor of the Richmond Examiner, published a 752-page study, The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates in 1866. With the technology of the time, this was a virtuoso feat: the 752-page book covered the war’s battles and campaigns…
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WTBF-AM/FM Interview
Here’s a link to an interview I did last month with Dave (Doc) Kirby of WTBF Radio in Troy Alabama which you may find of interest. https://onthebookshelf.podbean.com/e/interview-unsung-patriots-black-american-hero-warriors/ Dave (Doc) Kirby Operations & Program Manager WTBF-AM/FM 67 West Court Square Troy, AL 36081
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Link to Blacks in the Confederate Army
This is the link to the discussion on African Americans in service in the Confederate States Army I gave April 28. Click on the link below to view the recording of the program: https://youtu.be/M26rfTWJdNs — Charles Brewer, President CIVIL WAR STUDY GROUP LAKE OF THE WOODS, VIRGINIA Please visit our website often: http://www.civilwarstudygroup.org
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Black Confederate Presentation at Lake of the Woods
Once again, I had the pleasure of presenting a talk on African Americans serving in the Confederate army to the Lake of the Woods Civil War Study Group at the invitation of the group’s chair, Charles Brewer. The topic is truly fascinating. The following is a summary: Although neo-Confederates began to spin stories of African American units organized to defend the Confederate states to support…
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Unsung Patriots is Out!!
As planned, Stackpole Press launched Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars around the first of March. The book looks terrific!! Stackpole far exceeded my expectations and the 80 graphics are exceptionally clear, adding a lot to the book. You would have to read close to 200 books to acquire all the information about African Americans who have served their country with great…
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Unsung Patriots Discussion
Recently, I presented a PowerPoint lecture as part of The Village at Orchard Ridge’s Life-Long Learning series. The lecture covered African Americans’ arms-bearing history from early colonial times to the present. During our War for Independence, slave owners were reluctant to arm their enslaved chattel, but two factors permitted about 7,000 blacks to serve during the Revolutionary War:…
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Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America's Wars
Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars
WebTalkRadio Interview by J. T. Crowley Gene Bétit’s comprehensive study of America’s troubled past relative to Africa Americans over the past four hundred years, Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid, African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1919 – 2019, was enlightening, informative, and quite simply mesmerizing. The research behind this book took Dr. Betit five years. Since then, he…
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Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable Presentation
Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable Presentation
I recently presented a PowerPoint lecture, part of The Village’s Life-Long Learning series covereing African Americans’ arms-bearing history from early colonial times to the present. Revolutionary War During our War for Independence, slave owners were reluctant to arm their enslaved chattel, but two factors permitted about 7,000 blacks to serve during the Revolutionary War: insufficient numbers…
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What's in the Hopper??
What’s in the Hopper??
The injustice that African Americans have received in the US preoccupies me! I pretty much research, read and write nonstop, and I have completed two books in addition to Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable: Blacks in America’s Wars. The first in order of importance (to me) is a book for youth, African Americans in American History, which includes everything influential individuals ignored about…
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The Search is over; two publishers and an agent!!
The Search is over; two publishers and an agent!!
In my last post, I shared that I was getting “antsy” in my search for a publisher for Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable: Blacks in America’s Wars. Lo and behold, less than two weeks later not one but two publishers expressed interest in the book. Not only that, but a fellow author shared the name of his agent and even contacted her about the study.I’m delighted that my research will see the light…
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Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable Cover
Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable Cover
I’m getting a tad antsy waiting to hear from “traditional” publishers regarding my current work of love, so I whipped up a potential cover for the book. I hope to find a publishing house that will do this study justice because African Americans have stood by America in just about all of our darkest hours in the hope of being recognized as men and fellow citizens. The colonists were so blinded by…
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Reflection on Black Veterans' Service
Reflection on Black Veterans’ Service
Forbidden In colonial times, blacks’ military service was generally resisted unless necessary to offset the threat from Native Americans, or later, the British recruitment of blacks. Both George Washington and the Continental Congress initially forbade the recruitment of African Americans. When too few whites enlisted and British forces welcomed blacks into their ranks, they changed their…
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Blacks in America's Wars
Blacks in America’s Wars
Forbidden, Forgotten, Formidable Based on eight years of research, this book dispels the United States’ historic amnesia and tendency to prohibit blacks from bearing arms until national interests compel their service, only to forget their heroics, service, and achievements once the emergency passes. This book fills the huge void in America’s appreciation of the debt we owe to African Americans’…
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