Around the Web May 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
As we enter May, 2021, I am working on a podcast of my own that I call Civil War Reconstruction. It will be a monthly…
Confederate Memorial Day and the Lost Cause Myth
The Atlantic Magazine has an article by Clint Smith on nostalgia and the Lost Cause. It includes his attendance at a Confederate Memorial Day event…
Another Gettysburg Militia Occupation Supporter Tied to Capitol Attack, This One Is An Elected Official
Doug Mastriano is a Pennsylvania State Representative from the area around Gettysburg. Last year on July 4, he joined heavily armed white supremacist militias as…
The Underground Railroad Premiers May 14 on Amazon Prime
Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel “The Underground Railroad” won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Now it is being released by Amazon Prime…
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur published by W.W. Norton (2021) One of my…
New Museum Exhibit Recalls the “Last Confederate Flag”
An exhibit at deCordova Park in Lincoln, Mass. recalls the final flag of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the white flag of surrender. Entitled “Monumental…
Kate Masur’s New Book on America’s “First Civil Rights Movement” Reviewed Again in the NY Times!
America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur has been reviewed for a second time by the New York Times…
1878 Lynching in Kentucky Commemorated
Shelbyville, Kentucky unveiled three historical markers last week memorializing lynchings in the community. The markers were erected by local community groups and the equal justice…
Historians Urge School Districts to Teach the Reconstruction Era
180 historians have signed an open letter urging school districts to devote more time and resources to the teaching of the Reconstruction Era. The signers include…
The Ku Klux Klan’s Anti-Asian Campaign in Reconstruction Era California
The Atlantic Magazine has an article on the Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan in California. Historian Kevin Waite has identified a dozen attacks by the…