Category: African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction
“Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom” Statue Goes on Display in White Plains, NY
Last Saturday the City of White Plains in New York celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman by unveiling the statue “Harriet…
Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Activities in Her Home Town of Auburn, N.Y. in 2022
2022 is the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman’s birth. Last month the Washington Post had an interesting article on the celebration of Tubman’s birth at her…
Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis
Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis, Published by Fordham University Press (2022) Freedoms…
University of South Carolina Held Teacher Training on Reconstruction Era
For years, the University of South Carolina’s (UofSC) Center for Civil Rights History and Research held a three week training for teachers on Reconstruction in…
Historian Kate Masur in NY Times on Finishing the Work of Junteenth
Historian Kate Masur has an essay in today’s New York Times on the unfinished work of the civil rights struggle that led to Juneteenth. According…
Thoughts on the Passage of the Juneteenth Bill and the Opposition
Yesterday the House of Representatives approved making Juneteenth a national holiday by a vote of 415 to 14. What are we to make of the…
Senate Unanimously Approves Juneteenth as Federal Holiday
Juneteenth was unanimously approved by the Senate as the next Federal Holiday on Tuesday. Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Ed…
New Book on How Historic Sites Tell the Story of Slavery and Civil War Hits #1 on Bestseller List
Clint Smith’s new book How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America topped the New York Times Bestseller list…
New Reconstruction Trail Opened in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina was the capital when the state had its first Black-majority legislature. From 1865 to 1876 it was the center of a civil…
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur published by W.W. Norton (2021) One of my…
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