Category: White Supremacy
Reconstruction Law Overturns Virginia’s Prohibition on Felons Voting
A court in Virginia ruled that current Virginia law banning felons from voting after they are released from jail violates Reconstruction laws. According to the…
The Democratic Party and the Racial Consciousness of Irish Immigrants Before the Civil War
Originally posted February 3, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Anthropologists like to remind us that race is not a…
Most Popular Book at NY City’s Public Libraries? “James” The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Joins the USCT
Every year New York City’s three library systems tally up what books were borrowed the most times in the past year. This year was James…
Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History
On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…
Misunderstandings About the “Black Codes”
A misconception I run into when I discuss Reconstruction is that the Black Codes were passed because of the corruption and mismanagement of the governments…
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III published by LSU Press…
The Map of the Battle of Liberty Place
Map source: Rare Maps The “Battle of Liberty Place” was an armed coup by the White League of Louisiana to reimpose “White Only” governance in…
Emerging Civil War Honors Patrick Young with Stevenson Award
Last Friday I was honored by the non-profit Emerging Civil War organization for my work researching and writing about the Reconstruction Era. Here is the…
Platform of the Ku Klux Klan Mississippi “A Government of White Men For White Men” March 1868
Here is a Mississippi paper’s publication of the platform of the KKK which focuses on the disenfranchisement of blacks. Many white conservative newspapers published Klan…
Study How Former Confederates Ended Reconstruction With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
This is the final article in our four-part series on how South Carolina told its children about the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1918 until…