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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…
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice by Bruce Levine
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice by Bruce Levine published by Simon & Schuster (March 2, 2021). Older readers remember that in…
Historians Eric Foner and James Oakes Talk About Lincoln & The Anti-Slavery Constitution
Professor James Oakes of the City University of New York has a conversation with Eric Foner about Abraham Lincoln and the anti-slavery Constitution. Both are…
Historian Kate Masur Giving Free Virtual Talk on the Fight for Civil Rights from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Hisotrian Kate Masur is giving a free virtual talk on her new book. You can find out how to sign-up and attend in this info…
Fisk Jubilee Singers Win Grammy for Album Rooted in the Reconstruction Era and Subsequent Struggles for Black Rights
The Fisk Jubilee Singers won the Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album last night for an album celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the founding of…
Wall Street Journal Reviews New Book on Thad Stevens
Fergus M. Bordewich reviews Bruce Levine’s new biography Thaddeus Stevens in today’s Wall Street Journal. Bordewich is himself an expert on the Congresses that Stevens…
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