Category: Memory of Reconstruction
Book Review: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight published by Simon & Schuster 913 pages (2018) $37.50 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle David Blight has…
Confederate Heritage and Black History in Tension: Panel Discussion
Here is a wide-ranging discussion of the interplay of Confederate Heritage and Black History in Tension. Here is a description of the panel: Published on…
Kevin Levin Article on “What the Civil War Can Teach Us About 9/11 Remembrance”
Historian Kevin Levin has an article on “What the Civil War Can Teach Us About 9/11 Remembrance” on The Atlantic Magazine’s website today. Living 30…
A New Monument to Emancipation in a Small Virginia Town
Hundreds of Southern towns and cities erected Confederate statues in the decades after the Civil War. Almost no statues or monuments marked the military service…
NY Times Reviews Book That Asks Whether Germans Have a Truer Memory of Their Atrocities Than We Do of Ours
The New York Times has an interesting review of the new book LEARNING FROM THE GERMANS: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman…
Part 3: Why Academic Historians Should Thank Their Colleagues on Social Media and Why They Are Important for Democracy
This is my third blog post on historian Earl Hess’s article on the Internet and Civil War history that appeared this week in the journal…
Part 2: Academic Historians Zero in on What They Don’t Like About Using Social Media: Hint-He Lives in Boston
Yesterday I wrote about an article in the scholarly journal Civil War History by historian Earl Hess on “The Internet and Civil War Studies.” The…
The Social Media Problem for Civil War Historians: They Don’t Like It & They Wish It Would Go Away
The scholarly journal Civil War History has a troubling article by historian Earl Hess on “The Internet and Civil War Studies.” The article relies on…
New Book on Reconstruction by Henry Louis Gates Reviewed by The Nation Magazine
The new book on the Reconstruction Era by Henry Louis Gates is reviewed by The Nation Magazine. Here is an excerpt from the review of…
Slate Interviews Kevin Levin on His New Book “Searching for Black Confederates”
Slate has an interesting interview with Kevin Levin, the author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates. From the interview: Fast-forward to the civil…
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