NY Times on How the Fisk Jubilee Singers Helped Save the Black School During Reconstruction
The New York Times today has an interesting story on the history of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Fisk University is one of the oldest Historically…
Alabama Spending Half-Million Annually on Confederate Memorial Park: WaPo
The Washington Post has an article on expenditures by the State of Alabama to support the Confederate Memorial Park. The park is on the site…
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney University of North Carolina Press (2021) Have you ever wondered…
How the Descendants of Slaves Are Impacting Plantation Museums
The Washington Post has an article on how the descendants of slaves are impacting how plantation museums tell their stories. From the article: Robert Bellinger…
Sale of Free Negroes in the South Before the Civil War
Freedom was a precarious state for Blacks before the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. Free Blacks were sold at auction if they fell behind…
Eric Foner on the Making and Breaking of Robert E. Lee’s Legend
A month ago the New York Times had an article by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner on “The Making and the Breaking of the Legend…
The 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, a Black Cavalry Regiment in the Union Army
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
A Visit to the Gouverneur Warren Statue in Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park is rich with historic sculpture. The gem, of course, is the Arch at Grand Army Plaza. While everyone in Brooklyn is familiar…
New Study Shows People Honored With Most Numerous Public Monuments in the U.S.
A new study of public monuments identifies which figures have the most monuments in the United States. I will be posting more results of this…
Confederate General E.P. Alexander in Washington After the Lincoln Assassination April 1865
Most Confederates paroled at Appomattox headed south towards their homes within a day or two after Lee’s surrender. A surprising number headed north. One northbound…