This Week In Black History April 9-15, 2025

APRIL 91865—Black regiments led an as­sault on and eventually captured a key Southern fort helping bring the Civil War to an end. The nine regiments led by Gen. John Hawkins smashed through Confederate defenses at Forth Blakely, Ala. The 68th Division of USCT (United States Colored Troops) had some of the highest casualties of the Civil War.1898—Paul Bustill Robeson is born in Princeton, N.J. Robeson would go on to become the greatest combina­tion of entertainer and social ac