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Around the Web March 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

This was a good month for most Civil War and Reconstruction social media, but two of the most reliable podcasts put out nothing new this…

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Around the Web January 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

The first few installments of this monthly survey of the best Civil War and Reconstruction Social Media have been more popular than I anticipated. Thanks…

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It Appears that Kevin Levin is Setting the Agenda for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Sending them Searching for Black Confederates

Question: Why did the Confederacy lose the war? Answer: Too many flag bearers, too few muskets. Historian Kevin Levin appears to be setting the agenda…

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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…

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics

Kevin Levin’s “Searching for Black Confederates” Named a Scholar’s Choice for Favorite History Book of 2019 by Smithsonian Magazine

Yesterday I posted the Smithsonian Magazine’s picks for the best books of 2019. Today I am posting the Civil War/Reconstruction Era books named in the…

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British Newspaper The Guardian on Kevin Levin’s “Searching for Black Confederates”

Kevin Levin’s new book Searching for Black Confederates continues to garner interest in the press. The British paper The Guardan has an article on it today….

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Kevin Levin Speaks at National Archives About the Black Confederate Myth

My review of Kevin Levin’s new book Searching for Black Confederates was my second most popular article over the last month. Yesterday, the historian spoke…

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Part 2: Academic Historians Zero in on What They Don’t Like About Using Social Media: Hint-He Lives in Boston

Yesterday I wrote about an article in the scholarly journal Civil War History by historian Earl Hess on “The Internet and Civil War Studies.” The…

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Slate Interviews Kevin Levin on His New Book “Searching for Black Confederates”

Slate has an interesting interview with Kevin Levin, the author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates. From the interview: Fast-forward to the civil…

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Kevin Levin Interviewed About “Searching for Black Confederates,” One of the Most Controversial Civil War Books of 2019

Kevin Levin, author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates, is interviewed this week by Keith Harris. You can listen using the player below:…

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