Category: Memory of Reconstruction
Preserving the Places Where African American History Happened
The New Yorker has a fascinating article on the effort to preserve historic sites where African Americans lived, worked, and struggled for freedom. For decades…
Video: Southern Historical Society Panel on Teaching Reconstruction at the College Level
Here is an interesting panel presentation given two months ago at the Southern Historical Association about ways to teach Reconstruction at the undergraduate level. There…
New Pavilion to Victims of Lynching from 1865 to 1877 Opened in Montgomery, Ala.
The Equal Justice Initiative (EIJ) has attracted a lot of attention over the last several years for its marking of lynching sites throughout the United…
Nick Sacco Discusses Using Cartoons to Explore Reconstruction History
Our friend Nick Sacco has an interesting article up today at the blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era. Nick says that American…
It Appears that Kevin Levin is Setting the Agenda for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Sending them Searching for Black Confederates
Question: Why did the Confederacy lose the war? Answer: Too many flag bearers, too few muskets. Historian Kevin Levin appears to be setting the agenda…
Museum of the Cape Fear to Hold “Civil War and Reconstruction Quiz Bowl”
North Carolina’s Museum of the Cape Fear has been hosting a “Civil War Quiz Bowl” for seventeen years, but last year it was renamed the…
Kate Masur & Greg Downs Named Co-Editors of Journal of the Civil War Era
The respected Journal of the Civil War Era has announced the appointment of new co-editors for the journal. The two, Greg Downs and Kate Masur…
Tourism Up at Andy Johnson Home in Response to Current Impeachment Crisis
The current impeachment crisis has been good for tourism to the home of the first president ever impeached, Andrew Johnson. You can listen to NPR’s…
What Everyone Should Know About Reconstruction
There is an article that originally appeared on The Conversation which is now getting republished on a number of sites, most recently on Salon. Authored…
Woodrow Wilson Home in South Carolina to Include Story of Reconstruction and Jim Crow
The Woodrow Wilson Home in Columbia, South Carolina, is reopening after a years-long retoration. The home was once used as a shrine to the late…
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