These rifles hold special significance to African-American historians.

James Melvin Washington (April 24, 1948 - May 3, 1997) was an African-American historian, educator and minister from Knoxville, Tennessee.

Harvey Young (Ph.D.) is an African-American cultural historian, theorist, and scholar.

Wilson Jeremiah Moses (born 1942) is an African-American historian.

The contributions of African-American historians and thinkers who are nationalists often rest on their ability to provide a rationale to confront racism.

Vincent Gordon Harding (born July 25, 1931) is an African-American historian and a scholar of various topics with a focus on American religion and society.

Margaret Wilkerson, an acclaimed African-American historian and playwright, criticized the play because it was not about the "black experience."

Paula Giddings (born 1947 in Yonkers, New York) is a writer and an African-American historian.

Carter G. Woodson - African-American historian, author, and journalist.

Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904-November 16, 1996) was an African-American historian, administrator, scholar, educator, and writer.