Month: January 2022
South Carolina Lady on the Capture of President Jefferson Davis by “Fiends”
On May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured near Irwinville, Georgia while trying to escape pursuing Union forces. Confederate partisan Emma Holmes of…
Frederick Douglass Exhibit Opening in New York City
The New York Historical Society is opening a special exhibit on Frederick Douglass on Feb. 11, 2022. From the press release: The work of one…
Margaret Renkl in the NY Times on the Removal of the Ugliest Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue
Margaret Renkl, the NY Times Contributing Writer focusing on the American South, writes today of visiting the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Nashville and…
Studying the Origins of the Civil War With South Carolina’s School Kids Circa 1918
I want to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the lead-up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era by reading the…
Alabama City of Eufaula Purposely Forgets Its History of 1874 Massacre of Black Voters
The Birmingham News has an in-depth article by Kyle Whitmire on how Eufaula, Alabama ignores is history. This is a city ostensibly steeped in history,…
Martin Luther King on How the History of Reconstruction Was Distorted
Martin Luther King delivered a speech in 1968 at Carnegie Hall in New York to commemorate the 100th Birthday of W.E.B. DuBois. In his speech,…
Report Says Reconstruction History Classes Need to Center Black Communities Redefining Freedom & Joy
One of the more interesting recommendations of the Zinn Education Project report on the teaching of Reconstruction is that teachers should “Foreground the meaning of…
Virginia Anti-CRT Bill Invents Debate Between Lincoln and (Frederick) Douglass!
We all know about the WAR ON CRT being waged by Fox News and its courageous champions in legislatures throughout certain parts of the USA….
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag published by Princeton University Press (2021) I am sometimes asked for advice on writing about history…
A Charleston Lady on the Capture of Black Soldiers July 1863
Emma Holmes left a remarkable diary of her experiences during the Civil War. A member of a prominent Charleston family, Holmes was in her twenties…
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