Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

Planned Fayetteville Museum of Civil War and Reconstruction Hearing at Fayetteville City Council

The City of Fayetteville has played a big role in getting a planned museum on the Civil War and Reconstruction underway. The new museum was…

Continue Reading Planned Fayetteville Museum of Civil War and Reconstruction Hearing at Fayetteville City Council
Posted in Civil War Slavery White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics

Stone Mountain Still a Lost Cause Shrine

In the Spring of 2021, the state agency managing Stone Mountain in Georgia promised to begin altering the Lost Cause presentation of the Civil War…

Continue Reading Stone Mountain Still a Lost Cause Shrine
Posted in Civil War

Video: The Port Royal Experiment Talk by Ranger Chris Barr on How Coastal Carolina Was an Experiment in Black Freedom

Chris Barr is back with a new short video on the “Port Royal Experiment.” This is how Beaufort, South Carolina and the nearby islands were…

Continue Reading Video: The Port Royal Experiment Talk by Ranger Chris Barr on How Coastal Carolina Was an Experiment in Black Freedom
Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

Video: Ranger Chris Barr Explains the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort, South Carolina and When Stuff Happened

National Park Ranger Chris Barr is very well-respected among Civil War and Reconstruction Era students. Last month Reconstruction Era National Park began releasing short videos…

Continue Reading Video: Ranger Chris Barr Explains the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort, South Carolina and When Stuff Happened
Posted in Education Memory of Reconstruction

Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught

The New York Review of Books has a review by Eric Foner of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National…

Continue Reading Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught
Posted in Lost Cause

West Point Historian Brigadier General (Ret.) Ty Seidule On the Persistence of Confederate Icons in Modern America

Retired West Point historian and brigadier general Ty Seidule spoke with The Guardian recently about the persistence of Confederate iconography in modern America. Here are…

Continue Reading West Point Historian Brigadier General (Ret.) Ty Seidule On the Persistence of Confederate Icons in Modern America
Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

Pennsylvania Gov Candidate Doug Mastriano Draws Criticism for Posing in Confederate Uniform

Candidate for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano is drawing criticism for posing in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College during the…

Continue Reading Pennsylvania Gov Candidate Doug Mastriano Draws Criticism for Posing in Confederate Uniform
Posted in Lost Cause Memory of Reconstruction

“Sherman Posting” Becoming a Popular OnLine Tactic for Countering NeoConfederates

Conservative web site The New York Sun says that a new social media trend called “Sherman Posting” is catching on at Tic Tok and other…

Continue Reading “Sherman Posting” Becoming a Popular OnLine Tactic for Countering NeoConfederates
Posted in Education

College Board Offers First-Ever AP in African American Studies This Year

For the first time ever, the College Board is working with schools to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses and tests in African American Studies.  Sixty…

Continue Reading College Board Offers First-Ever AP in African American Studies This Year
Posted in Abolitionists Places to Visit

New Statue of African American Woman Who Ended Slavery in Massachusetts Unveiled in Sheffield

The new Elizabeth Freeman statue was unveiled today in Sheffield, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Freeman was an enslaved Black woman who sued in 1783 to…

Continue Reading New Statue of African American Woman Who Ended Slavery in Massachusetts Unveiled in Sheffield