Holding Up the Flag: Contributions of US Civil War Colored Troops and Their Descendents in the Struggle for Civil and Human Rights
A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: higher education; race, gender, class inequality; study of life, culture, and institutions in the African Diaspora
Interests: African-American roles in US Civil War; US Civil Rights and Human Rights movements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on US Colored Troops (USCT) ancestors who served in the American Civil War and their descendants whose lives and careers continued the USCT struggle for Black Civil and Human Rights. This Special Issue seeks to make important contributions to our expanded understanding of the critical role of USCT in the Union victory. A distinctive innovation of this Special Issue is the explicit linkage of USCT ancestors to descendants who tell how their lives and careers have been influenced by their USCT heritage.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors (Email A) or to the Genealogy editorial office (genealogy@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of this Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.
Prof. Dr. Walter Allen
Dr. Frank Smith
Dr. Dawn Chitty
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Genealogy is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- US Civil War
- troops
- USCT
- slavery
- emancipation
- union
- confederacy
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Liberation Struggle
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