Category: White Supremacy Apologetics
War of Northern Aggression, Civil War, War Between the States…The Eternal Argument (or was it?)
One of the most tiresome aspects of writing about the Civil War and Reconstruction period is encountering people who insist that the “real name” of…
Confederate Veteran Says that End “of Slavery Is…Abolition of Labor” in July 1865
Alcibiade DeBlanc was an officer in the Confederate army during the Civil War. At the end of the conflict he became a leading spokesman for…
Columbia University Report by Eric Foner Detailed Links to Slavery
Columbia University in New York issued a report in 2017 on its connections to slavery. Read about it in the New York Times. The report…
John Oliver Discusses How U.S. Schools Teach Slavery and Reconstruction
John Oliver has a funny/angry take on how children in the United States are taught the history of slavery, Emancipation, Reconstruction and White Supremacy. Adult…
Profiles in Courage, Adelbert Ames, JFK and Reconstruction Racism
Today’s New Yorker has an article by Nicholas Lemann on persistent questions he has about John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Profiles in Courage….
Letter to National Park Service from Historian Critical of “Militia” Occupation of Gettysburg
Photo of peaceful anti-racism procession at Gettysburg on July 19, 2020. h/t Jake Wynn Dr. Jennifer M. Murray is Professor of History at Oklahoma State…
On the Use of the Word “Terrorism” to Describe Violence During Reconstruction: Anachronism?
I am sometimes asked if my using the word “terrorism” to describe racial or political violence during the Reconstruction Era is anachronistic. It isn’t. I…
Reconstruction and “The Limits of Black Forgiveness”
I like to link readers of The Reconstruction Era Blog to scholars writing online. Scott Hancock is a professor of History and Africana Studies at…
Scholar of German Holocaust Memory Discusses How Confederacy Is Remembered Today
The New Yorker brought in philosopher Susan Neiman this week to answer questions about the commemoration of the Confederacy in the modern United States. A…
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby published by University of Virginia Press, 272 pages (2020) Hardcover…
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