Month: November 2021
“All That She Carried” Wins National Book Award for Nonfiction
Tiya Miles won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake.” According to…
Washington Post Review of New 1619 Project Book Asks What “1619” Really Means
Carlos Lozada reviews the new 1619 Project book in today’s Washington Post. The review is decidedly mixed, incorporating criticism, praise, and confusion in one review!…
Recording of Discussion by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates on DuBois “Black Reconstruction”
Here is the recording from the Schomburg Center of Henry Louis Gates and Eric Foner discussing W.E.B. DuBois book Black Reconstruction. The discussion starts about…
Free Virtual Discussion of DuBois “Black Reconstruction” by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates
Here is the video recorded today. The discussion starts around ten minutes in: From the announcement: About this event VIRTUAL Reconstruction was for Du Bois…
Texas A&M Unveiling Statue of Black Reconstruction Sen. Matthew Gaines Whose Work Helped Found the School
Students at Texas A&M began the effort to create a memorial to State Senator Matthew Gaines all the way back in 1998. Gaines was enslaved…
Jefferson Davis and the Constitutional Right to Own Slaves
Many of us learned in school to revere the Constitution as a “Charter of Freedom,” a Magna Carta of rights for the ordinary citizen. More…
First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War Hero by Meg Groeling
First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War Hero by Meg Groeling published by Savas Beatie (2021) Elmer Ellsworth is…
Wilmington, North Carolina Unveils New USCT Sculpture
Wilmington, N.C. unveiled its new sculpture group dedicated to the members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) who helped liberate the city in 1865….
Kansas School District Blocks Circulation of Book on Reconstruction Era Klan
The Goddard School District in Kansas has been accused of book banning after it announced that 29 books would no longer be allowed to circulate…
1619 Project Book’s History Defended
I saw Nikole Hannah-Jones speak at Hofstra University where I teach back in the days before the Pandemic. She spoke in the largest theater on…
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