Category: Memory of Reconstruction
“Deconstructing Confederate Monuments” A Discussion About History and Monumentation
Kevin Levin, Dina Bailey and Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders participated in a discussion on Confederate monuments and how we understand history. The Zoom discussion at Grant Valley…
Plantation Weddings Are Fun If You Can Forget the Slavery: NY Times on Plantation Popularity
The New York Times has an interesting article on the growing popularity of the “Plantation Wedding.” The houses are big and sometimes beautiful, but the…
When the White League Militia Took Over New Orleans in 1874 It Pledged to End the “Stupid Africanization” of Government
The White League was one of the largest and most dangerous of the Reconstruction Era militias. It embraced the worldview of the Ku Klux Klan,…
Woodrow Wilson’s Home Renamed “Museum of Reconstruction at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home”
Woodrow Wilson was infamous for his support of Jim Crow. While the progressive president had real accomplishments, his record on race was abysmal, even by…
Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America Video Talk by Thomas Brown
Our friends over at the Journal of Civil War History have posted another great Zoom program. This one is on Civil War monuments. Professor Thomas…
Historians Reflect on #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action
Greg Downs, Hilary N. Green, Scott Hancock, and Kate Masur, the historians behind the #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action, offer some reflections on the event on…
NY Times: Kentucky Jeff Davis Statue Removed, Where to Put It?
Many Confederate statues are being moved out of city boulevards and village squares. The question is “What to Do With them?” While the natural answer…
A Call for Extending the Civil War Day of Action by Historians
The Journal of the Civil War Era organized the Sept. 26 Historians Day of Action at Civil War sites around the country. Today, Adrienne Petty…
Dr. Stephanie McCurry: The Confederate States of America Free Zoom Webinar Recording
Our friends at the Journal of the Civil War Era have been organizing webinars on Zoom to keep the historical discussion fresh. I will post…
Gettysburg Times Covers Historians’ Day of Action #WeWantMoreHistory
On September 30, 2020, the Gettysburg Times published an article on the Historians’ Day of Action at Gettysburg. I was fortunate enough to have been…
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