Month: May 2022
Essay in The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s Class Conflict Analysis in His Classic “Black Reconstruction”
Gerald Horne has an essay in the latest issue of the progressive magazine The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s groundbreaking book Black Reconstruction. The new edition…
NY Times Reviews “My Old Kentucky Home” New Book on Old Song
Rick Bragg reviews the new book out on a song most of hear once a year when the Kentucky Derby is run; MY OLD KENTUCKY…
Around the Web May 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
As you may know, I was ill with a life-threatening condition in March and April, which gave me plenty of time to lay in bed…
Manisha Sinha Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for Work on Reconstruction Era
Manisha Sinha, history professor at the University of Connecticut, was one of five history scholars selected for Guggenheim Fellowships for 2022. She will use the…
Kate Masur’s Excellent Book Pulitzer Finalist: “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction,”
Although the Pulitzer Prize for history went to a book on 18th Century Native American relations with English colonists and another on Cuba, Kate Masur’s…
Exhibit “Mustering Memory: 160 Years of Saluting the Civil War” Looks at How the War has Been Remembered Over the Years
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum is opening a new exhibit on how the Civil War has been remembered over the years. Civil…
American Civil War Museum in Richmond Opening New Theater
The American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, is opening a new theater at its Tredegar site in June. The Richmond Times Dispatch has a…
Lincoln Memorial Centennial Celebration May 2022
This month marks the Centennial of the opening of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service has a number of events planned for the celebration…
Why Studying Reconstruction Helps Us Understand the Civil War: Civil War Reconstruction Podcast #2
This week I am releasing Episode 2 of the Civil War Reconstruction Podcast. This episode looks at why students of the Civil War will understand…
Peekskill NY Commemorates Grant Bicentennial May 6-8
The Lincoln Depot in Peekskill, N.Y. will commemorate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant the first weekend in May at its historic train depot…
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