Posted in Civil War Slavery

Emerging Civil War Discussion of Slave Trading in the South During the Civil War

Emerging Civil War Podcasts includes a discussion of Chris Mackowski with Dr. Robert K. D. Colby on slave trading in the Civil War and his…

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Posted in Memory of Reconstruction Underground Railroad

National Park Service Rewrites History of Underground Railroad (and it ain’t good)

The new administration has made a lot of changes in how the National Park Service (NPS), the military, and other agencies present American history. Today’s…

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction Monuments

National Museum of African American History & Culture

I was going to roll-out this article in May, but because of the president’s unparalleled attack on the National Museum African American History and Culture…

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Posted in Civil War

Federal Government Stops Payment on Grants to History, Arts, Sciences, and Other Museums and Sites

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced yesterday that previously awarded grants will no longer be fulfilled. These go to historic sites, libraries, museums…

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction White Supremacy Apologetics

David Blight’s Response to Pres. Trump’s Executive Order on History and the Smithsonian

David Blight is a professor at Yale where he teaches Civil War and Reconstruction courses. He is the leading historian of the memory of the…

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