Author: Patrick Young
Watch Video on How “Slave Burial Grounds” Are Rediscovered in Louisiana
The New York Times has a fascinating ten minute video on how 150 year old maps and modern satellite imagery are being used to find…
Civil War Institute Mapping Confederate Statues Throughout the South
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College has announced a new project called State of the Confederacy. According to the Civil War Institute: This is…
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith published by Little Brown (2021). Clint Smith’s…
27th USCT: A Black Regiment from Ohio & A Miscarriage of Justice
Feature Photo: Sgt. Qualls Tibbs 27th USCT at Camp Delaware Ohio This post is part of a series of scrapbooks I am creating on African…
Video Alexandria & the Underground Railroad Tour
Alexandria, Va. now has an Underground Railroad Walking Tour which you can take virtually though this video. Just click on the video below to watch.
22nd United States Colored Troops: A Black Regiment With a Defiant Flag
This is the second in my series on United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments. These are scrapbooks rather than true regimental histories. I include links…
Film Recalls Stone Mountain as a Center of Confederate Memory
This short film looks at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia and its connection to the Lost Cause version of historical memory. The mountain was long…
Kate Masur’s Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement Reviewed by The Nation
Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College reviewed Kate Masur’s Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction in The Nation this…
NY Times Reviews New Book on Justice John Marshall Harlan, Supreme Dissenter from Segregation
The New York Times reviewed the new biography of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan last week. Harlan was “The Great Dissenter of the 19th…
Civil War Institute Video Tour of Antietam with Historian/Ranger Scott Hartwig
This is the last video from this year’s Civil War Institute at Gettysburg. In it Scott Hartwig takes viewers on a tour of the Antietam…