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Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis

Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis, Published by Fordham University Press (2022) Freedoms…

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Historians Reflect on #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action

Greg Downs, Hilary N. Green, Scott Hancock, and Kate Masur, the historians behind the #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action, offer some reflections on the event on…

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Historian Describes How She Will Join Civil War Day of Action

The Journal of the Civil War Era is organizing a national day of action  for historians at historic sites around the country on September 26…

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Educational Reconstruction African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 by Hilary Green

Educational Reconstruction African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 by Hilary Green published by Fordham University Press (2016) 272 pages, Paperback $35.00, Kindle $22.99.​…

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