Author: Patrick Young
The Curious Incident of the “Girl” Who Won the Daughters of the Confederacy Essay Contest
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) sponsored a lot of essay contests to encourage young people to learn “the true history” of slavery, the…
“The fundamental principle of Democracy is that Negro Suffrage is wrong” Debating the 15th Amendment in Georgia
In March of 1869 states took up the ratification of the 15th Amendment. One state where significant conservative Democratic opposition to the Amendment granting Black…
How Did American History Textbooks Remember the Ku Klux Klan?
The recent book Remembering Reconstruction has an essay titled “The Cultural Work of the Ku-Klux Klan in US History Textbooks, 1883–2015” by Elaine Parsons. The…
Smithsonian: Free Resources for Understanding the History of Racism in the U.S.
The Smithsonian has put together a great collection of free resources for understanding the history of racism in the United States. There are links to…
For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops by Kelly Mezurek
For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops by Kelly Mezurek published by Kent State University Press (2016). $37.95 Hardcover, $18.49 Kindle For Their…
Southern Historical Society Holds First Meeting May 1869 for “history of the war from a Southern stand-point”
The first meeting of what would become a prime defender of the justice of the Confederate cause was held in May, 1869 in New Orleans….
“An unwavering advocate for the supremacy of the Caucasian race”
I found this ad for a newspaper called The Independent Monitor in the Mobile Register. It states right up front that this is a Whites-Only…
Book Review: Across the Bloody Chasm: The Culture of Commemoration Among Civil War Veterans by M. Keith Harris
Across the Bloody Chasm: The Culture of Commemoration Among Civil War Veterans by M. Keith Harris published by LSU Press (2014) Hardcover $42.50 Kindle $26.49. …
University of South Carolina Honored Its First Black Professor (1873) With a Statue
Richard T. Greener holds two academic “firsts.” He was the first African American to graduate from Harvard (1870) and he was the first black professor…
Monument to United States Colored Troops Erected in Ohio
The number of monuments dedicated to United States Colored Troops (USCT) grew by one this week when a new monument was erected in Ferncliff Cemetery…