Category: Memory of Reconstruction
After Longstreet’s Infamous Letter Endorsing Black Civil Rights, the Destruction of His Reputation Began
This morning, I posted Gen. James Longstreet’s “infamous letter” in which he called on Southern whites to accept that the Confederacy had lost the war…
CBS Sunday Morning Visits the Slavery and Reconstruction Sites of Harriet Tubman
CBS Sunday Morning has a nice travel piece visiting the sites of Harriet Tubman’s life in slavery in Maryland and freedom in Auburn, N.Y. CBS…
Why Do We Believe Crazy Stuff About the Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction?
George Huffman has an interesting article in Facing South on the miseducation of tens of millions of Americans in the South about our country’s history….
Franklin, Tennessee to Unveil Monument to Enslaved People on Nov. 9, 2019
Franklin, Tennessee has been engaged in a remarkable process of uncovering and displaying its history. Last month, the mid-sized city installed historical plaques explaining its…
Podcast: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from “Song of the South” and Mistrels in Hollywood
The third episode of the You Must Remember This podcast series on Disney’s Song of the South is out. This installment focuses on the iconic…
Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era at Univ. of South Carolina, Beaufort, Launches Nov. 7, 2019
Yale professor David W. Blight speaks in Beaufort, South Carolina on Nov. 7 at the official launch of the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Institute…
Reviews of “Harriet” Movie from L.A. Times, Rolling Stone, & NPR
I have posted some reviews of the new Civil War/Reconstruction film “Harriet,” about the life of Harriet Tubman. Here are excerpts for several more from…
New Yorker Says that New Harriet Tubman Film Is a “Stunning Achievement”
The New Yorker gave the new Civil War/Reconstruction Era film “Harriet” an enthusiastic review. In fact, it calls the Harriet Tubman biopic a “stunning achievement.”…
The New York Times Reviews New Harriet Tubman BioPic “Harriet”
Reviews are beginning to roll in for the new Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet.” I will post excerpts and links to this Civil War and Reconstruction…
NY Times Looks at Facts and Myth in the New Film on the Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is both a famous historical figure and a woman whose legend has grown to the level of myth. A new film about her…
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