Category: Memory of Reconstruction
NY Times Publishes “Stories from Slavery” Submitted by Readers
The 1619 Project of the New York Times has a new installment today. In response to the series, African American families have been sending in…
Franklin, Tenn. Dedicates Five Historical Markers Telling the Story of Slavery, Black Resistance, and Reconstruction
The Battle of Franklin Trust, the City of Franklin, and the Fuller Story joined forces to dedicate five historical markers describing the vital roles African…
Atlanta Journal Constitution on Visiting the Reconstruction National Park in Beaufort, S.C.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has an interesting article on touring the Reconstruction Era and other historic sites in Beaufort, South Carolina. While the new Reconstruction…
Smithsonian on Government Money Spent on Lost Cause Monuments
The Smithsonian Magazine has an article on government spending on Lost Cause-related sites. The article looks at how Confederate socialism has cost governments over $40…
Elaine Massacre of 1919 Memorialized in Arkansas Recalling Mass Killing of Black Families
1919 was a year of extreme racial violence in America. The “Red Summer” of that year saw what may have been the largest massacre of…
Book Review: This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal by Nina Silber
This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal by Nina Silber published by Univerity of North Carolina Press (2018) 234 pages. Hardcover $32.95…
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…