Author: Patrick Young
“Stony the Road” by Henry Louis Gates Named a “Must Read Book” by Time Magazine
Henry Louis Gates’s Reconstruction book Stony the Road was named one of Time Magazine’s “Must Read Books of 2019.” Here is what Time says about…
Episcopal Church Examines Its Involvement With Slavery in Delaware
I found an interesting 2009 report from the Episcopal Church in Delaware on that denomination and slavery. I was prompted to research by the discussion…
Book Review: LEARNING FROM THE GERMANS: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman
LEARNING FROM THE GERMANS: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019) $30.00 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle Learning…
New Republic on the Johnson Impeachment and the Modern Sitch
The New Republic magazine has the latest entry in the slew of articles comparing the modern impeachment inquiry to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. This…
The Nation Magazine Reviews New Book from Eric Foner on Reconstruction Constitutional Amendments
Historian Michael Kazin has a very favorable review of Eric Foner’s new book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution….
This May Be Your Last Chance to See “Harriet” in Theaters
Most “small” films get a four week national theatrical release. The new film “Harriet” on Harriet Tubman is now in its fifth week of release,…
Savannah Is Hosting Fans of Frederick Douglass With Art and History Exhibits
The New York Times has an article on why Savannah has become a pilgrimage site for those interested in Frederick Douglass, a man who never…
NY Times: Thoughts on the 150th Anniversary of the Start of U.S. Grant’s Presidency
This is the Sesquicentennial of the Grant Presidency. Jamelle Bouie, New York Times Opinion columnist, has a thoughtful article on the hopes engendered 150 years…
How Reconstruction Fantasy “Song of the South” Became “Splash Mountain” by Dropping All the Black People
Here is the last episode of the podcast Six Degrees of Song of the South which is devoted to the Disney Reconstruction fantasy Song of…
Kevin Levin’s “Searching for Black Confederates” Named a Scholar’s Choice for Favorite History Book of 2019 by Smithsonian Magazine
Yesterday I posted the Smithsonian Magazine’s picks for the best books of 2019. Today I am posting the Civil War/Reconstruction Era books named in the…