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Free Civil War Seminar at Longwood University in Virginia Feb. 12
From the National Parks Service: The public is invited to join the National Park Service and Longwood University at the annual free Civil War Seminar…
Podcast: James Buchanan’s Presidency
Five years ago the Washington Post put out a podcast series on the American presidents. As I work my way through the Civil War and…
The Man Who Was a Confederate, in the USCT, and Whose Enrollment in College Led to the Departure of Many Students
The Washington Post has an interesting article on a Black man who passed for white and who became a powerful post-war political figure during Reconstruction….
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…
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,…
Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, N.C. Hosting Weekly Programs on USCT
The Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, N.C. attracted a lot of attention in 2021 for its new United States Colored Troops statuary group titled “Boundless.”…
The New Attack on W.E.B. DuBois Is Very Much the Same Old Attack
W.E.B. DuBois was already getting a lot of attention last year because of his association with Critical Race Theory. The fact that he has been…
Podcast Examines How Civil War Is Remembered at Battlefields and in Monuments
Laura DeMarco discusses her new book “Lost Civil War: The Disappearing Legacy of America’s Greatest Conflict” and Karen Cox, professor at the University of North…
The Ku Klux Klan’s Anti-Asian Campaign in Reconstruction Era California
The Atlantic Magazine has an article on the Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan in California. Historian Kevin Waite has identified a dozen attacks by the…
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