Category: Memory of Reconstruction
Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught
The New York Review of Books has a review by Eric Foner of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National…
A Close-Up Look at the New Franklin, Tenn. Historical Panels on Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction in the City
Franklin, Tennessee has been a leading location in telling the full story of the American Civil War. The Battle of Franklin Trust has done pioneering…
Pennsylvania Gov Candidate Doug Mastriano Welcomed Heavily Armed “Militia” at Gettysburg in 2020
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano welcomed heavily armed far-right “militiamen” who occupied Gettysburg National Military Park on July 4, 2020. He posted video of his…
Texas Panel to Tell the State’s History Leaves Out Most of the Reconstruction Era (And a Lot About Slavery)
Texas Monthly reports on the whitewashing of Texas history by the states new 1836 Project. Last year the Texas legislature passed a bill establishing the…
Pennsylvania Gov Candidate Doug Mastriano Draws Criticism for Posing in Confederate Uniform
Candidate for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano is drawing criticism for posing in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College during the…
“Sherman Posting” Becoming a Popular OnLine Tactic for Countering NeoConfederates
Conservative web site The New York Sun says that a new social media trend called “Sherman Posting” is catching on at Tic Tok and other…
Barbara Gannon on Finding the “Lost Graves” of Black Soldiers Killed at the Battle of Olustee: Video
I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack yesterday and he posted this talk by historian Barbara Gannon, which I had not seen before. Gannon teaches history…
New Florida Teacher Training Now Ignores Reconstruction Says News Report
Tampa’s News Channel 8 reports that the new curriculum trainings for Florida social studies teachers leaves out the Reconstruction Era. The trainings, organized by the…
Free African American Weeksville Community in Brooklyn Photo Tour
Weeksville was a free Black community established in Brooklyn before the Civil War. In the 1850s the community had 500 people living in it, about…
Kent Masterson Brown Wins Emerging Civil War Book Award for “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command”.
Kent Masterson Brown has won the Emerging Civil War Book Award for his new volume Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command. According to the…