Month: April 2025
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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