Category: Memory of Reconstruction
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…
WashPo: Modern Conservative Calls for “Civility” Echo Those of Confederates
Here is an interesting article in the Washington Post that finds that the modern conservative calls for civility echo similar appeals from Confederates 155 years…
Nick Sacco Explains How National Park Service Interprets Grant’s Presidency at His Home in St. Louis
Nick Sacco is a “public historan.” He interprets history for visotrs at the National Park Service’s Ulysses Grant Historic Site in St. Louis Missouri. While…
Kevin Levin Interviewed About “Searching for Black Confederates,” One of the Most Controversial Civil War Books of 2019
Kevin Levin, author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates, is interviewed this week by Keith Harris. You can listen using the player below:…