NJ students restore the names of Black Revolutionary War soldiers

NJ students restore the names of Black Revolutionary War soldiers

Trenton, N.J., high school students recently created a project that honors the role African Americans played in the founding of the United States. As members of Foundation Academies’ Black Student Union (BSU), they developed “Men W/O Shoes,” a multimedia exhibit that recognizes 14 African American Revolutionary War soldiers who fought in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. The “Men W/O Shoes” project started when Mark Herr, a Princeton Battlef…