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Kate Masur Wins the Littleton-Griswold Prize in US Law and Society from American Historical Association for “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction”

Historian Kate Masur has won the Littleton-Griswold Prize in US Law and Society from the American Historical Association for her 2021 book Until Justice Be…

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Kate Masur’s “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction” Wins Nau Prize in Civil War History

Kat Masur’s fine new book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction was awarded the prestigious 2022 John…

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Kate Masur’s Excellent Book Pulitzer Finalist: “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction,”

Although the Pulitzer Prize for history went to a book on 18th Century Native American relations with English colonists and another on Cuba, Kate Masur’s…

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NY Times Critics’ Picks Top Books on Civil War and Reconstruction-Related Books of 2021

The New York Times has just published the paper’s picks by its critics of the top new books of 2021. Three books on the Civil…

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Kate Masur’s Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement Reviewed by The Nation

Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College reviewed Kate Masur’s Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction in The Nation this…

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Historian Kate Masur in NY Times on Finishing the Work of Junteenth

Historian Kate Masur has an essay in today’s New York Times on the unfinished work of the civil rights struggle that led to Juneteenth. According…

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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…

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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…

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New Book by Kate Masur on “America’s First Civil Rights Movement” Reviewed by NY Times

The new book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction by historian Kate Masur got an extremely favorable…

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Historian Kate Masur Giving Free Virtual Talk on the Fight for Civil Rights from the Revolution to Reconstruction

Hisotrian Kate Masur is giving a free virtual talk on her new book. You can find out how to sign-up and attend in this info…

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