Nelson W. Winbush

Black Confederate Soldiers: Myth or Reality?

On Tuesday, to mark the 150-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War, we aired a segment featuring two African-American men whose ancestors fought with the confederate army. Nelson Winbush and Stan Armstrong said they  are proud of their relatives’ military service.  But to some of our listeners  the segment smacked of misinformation. Did African-Americans fight in […]