Podcast Interview of Kevin M. Levin Author of “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth”
Kevin M. Levin, author of “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth,” was recently interviewed on Civil War Talk Radio by host…
Happy Emancipation Day!
When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, Black communities around the United States were already celebrating before the official…
Charleston To Hold Its 153rd Annual Celebration of Emancipation Tonight and on New Year’s Day
Charleston, S.C., will hold its 153rd Annual Emancipation Day Celebration tonight and tomorrow. The festivities mark the January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation…
January 1 Was Celebrated in Black Communities as Emancipation Day, a Commemoration of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
January 1 was celebrated in Black communities as Emancipation Day, a commemoration of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Here is a newspaper article on Emancipation Day Jan….
Three Civil War/Reconstruction Era Films Make Smithsonian’s 10 Best History Movies of the Decade
Smithsonian Magazine just released its list of the ten best history movies of the 2010s and it includes three films about the Civil War and…
Thomas Nast Depicts the Emancipation of the Slaves in a Giant Cartoon
New Year’s Day is also the anniversary of Lincoln’s January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. To celebrate the signing, Tomas Nast sketched a…
Ku Klux Kristmas: The Last Attacks of 1868
1868 was the worst year for Ku Klux violence so far. Christmas-time saw continued attacks, even though the total number declined after the 1868 elections….
“Who’s Afraid of Harriet Tubman?”-Not Ms. Magazine
When the film “Harriet” was about to be released, a social media call for a boycott of the film was widely circulated. While the film…
WaPo: “We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird”
WaPo writers Caitlin Gibson and Monica Hesse watched a whole bunch of adaptations of “Little Women” over 15 hours and rated them. They started in…
Book Review: Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson
Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson published by Norton (2007). This book won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and…