St. Bernard Parish Massacre of Blacks in Louisiana October 25-26, 1868
I am looking at the violence that engulfed Louisiana in the weeks leading up to the November 1868 election. Republican Ulysses S. Grant would triumph…
NY Times Documents and Photographs the Places Black People Were Sold in the United States
The New York Times has an important article this weekend by SUNY Binghamton history professor Anne C. Bailey documenting the places where slaves were sold in…
Eric Foner in the New York Times on the 150th Anniversary of the Election of the First Black Senator Hiram Revels
Eric Foner has an interesting article in the New York Times today observing the 150th Anniversary of the election of the first African American to…
Louisiana’s Opelousas/St. Landry Massacre of Sept. 1868 The Opening Round of Terror
The Opelousas Massacre of September 1868 was a multi-day event in which scores of African Americans and white Republicans were attacked, beaten, kidnapped, and killed….
Cynthia Erivo’s Performance of “Stand Up” from the Movie “Harriet” Electrified the Oscars
Cynthia Erivo’s performance of the theme song from her movie Harriet about the life of Harriet Tubman was one of the highlights of last week’s…
“The Murder of Negroes is a Daily Occurrence” Louisiana Political Violence & the Election of 1868
In my research I came across this report from the Louisiana General Assembly on racial and political violence in the state during the lead-up to…
General John Logan Demands that Seven Republican Senators Who Voted Against Impeachment Be Expelled from Party
At the same time that the Johnson Impeachment was going on, Republicans were assembling in Chicago for their National Convention. On May 19, 1868 General…
Historian Stephanie McCurry on the Uses of the Johnson Impeachment
Stephanie McCurry, the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, has an article on the effects of the failed prosecution of Andrew…
The Senate Votes to Acquit Pres. Johnson on Article 11 of the Articles of Impeachment by One Vote
On May 16, 1868, the Senate voted on whether to convict President Andrew Johnson on the 11th Article of Impeachment. All of the Democrats and…
Video: Historian Elizabeth Varon Discusses the Johnson Impeachment
The Miller Center at the University of Virginia hosted a discussion of the Johnson Impeachment back in 2001. Elizabeth Varon is the historian who held…