Category: Emancipation Proclamation
Author of “A House Built by Slaves” Discusses Lincoln’s Black White House Visitors
The Guardian has an interesting interview with the author of a new book about Lincoln and African Americans. Jonathan White, a professor at Christopher Newport…
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…
Richmond Unveils Monument to Emancipation at the End of Civil War
This week Richmond, Virginia erects a new monument marking the liberation of the city by Union troops in April 1865 and the end of slavery…
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…
Black History/Black Resistance
Reconstruction began while the Civil War was still raging. As Black refugees from slavery reached Union lines, they forced the United States government to reconstruct…
Celebrating Emancipation Day in the Heart of the Confederacy January 1, 1869
January 1 was celebrated in Black communities as Emancipation Day, a commemoration of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. While Juneteenth was celebrated in Texas, in many areas…
Did You Learn About the Role of Black Troops in Liberating the South?
No period in United States history echoes as truly today as the Reconstruction Era. While many see contemporary parallels in the Civil War, let’s face…
4th of July: An African American Holiday During Reconstruction
One myth I have heard a lot about was that the City of Vicksburg in Mississippi stopped celebrating the Fourth of July during the Civil…
David Blight: Don’t Tear Down the Lincoln Statue in Washington
David Blight has an op ed in the Washington Post contra calls to remove the statue of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator in D.C. Here…
Video of Charleston Emancipation Day Celebration
Charleston claims the oldest continuous public celebration of the January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Here is video of the New Year’s Eve…
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