Month: October 2019
Photo Tour of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park Auburn NY-Tubman’s Home
Two years ago, my spouse Michele and I visited a number of sites in the Finger Lakes region of New York connected with Abolition, the…
NY Times Looks at Facts and Myth in the New Film on the Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is both a famous historical figure and a woman whose legend has grown to the level of myth. A new film about her…
Podcast: Hattie McDaniel’s Role As Maid in “Song of the South” and “Gone With the Wind”-Episode 2
The second installment of Six Degrees of Song of the South is out. It looks at Hattie McDaniel, the first black actor to win an…
NY Times Publishes “Stories from Slavery” Submitted by Readers
The 1619 Project of the New York Times has a new installment today. In response to the series, African American families have been sending in…
“Threats Against Teachers of Colored Schools” by the Klan Tennessee March 1868
Freedmen’s schools were an early and frequent target of the Ku Klux Klan. This article reports that the teachers of black children were being expelled…
Andrew Johnson Roiled Washington With Christmas Tweets in 1868
Recently rediscovered Tweets by President Andrew Johnson have forced historians to reconsider his presidency and his use of social media technology. These were making the…
Democratic Newspaper Wonders if Grant Still Antisemite in 1869
Grant’s order expelling the Jews from territory occupied by his army was issued in 1862, but more than six years later Democratic newspapers were still…
Videos from CUNY Conference on Abolitionism
In 2014, the CUNY Graduate Center organized an academic conference on the Abolitionist Movement. Some of the top scholars in the field particpated. The first…
Poll: How Much Does the History of Slavery Impact Modern African Americans?
A new survey from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago shows that while older white Americans still question the long-term effects…
The Johnson Impeachment Was Huge: An Interview With Brenda Wineapple
The New Yorker recently published an interview with the author of a new book on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Brenda Wineapple in The Impeachers:…
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