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2019

Both “Harriet” & “Little Women” Getting on a Lot of “Best Movie ” Listsoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2019
David Blight Writes About Frederick Douglass’s Dream of a Pluralist Utopiaoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2019
How “Little Women” Got Big from The New Yorkeroriginal ↗
6 Dec 2019
Slate Reviews “Little Women,” Says It Is Best Movie Version Everoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2019
“Terrorism in Tennessee” KKK in March 1868original ↗
5 Dec 2019
“Stony the Road” by Henry Louis Gates Named a “Must Read Book” by Time Magazineoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2019
Episcopal Church Examines Its Involvement With Slavery in Delawareoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2019
Book Review: LEARNING FROM THE GERMANS: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neimanoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2019
New Republic on the Johnson Impeachment and the Modern Sitchoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2019
The Nation Magazine Reviews New Book from Eric Foner on Reconstruction Constitutional Amendmentsoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2019
This May Be Your Last Chance to See “Harriet” in Theatersoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2019
Savannah Is Hosting Fans of Frederick Douglass With Art and History Exhibitsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2019
NY Times: Thoughts on the 150th Anniversary of the Start of U.S. Grant’s Presidencyoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2019
How Reconstruction Fantasy “Song of the South” Became “Splash Mountain” by Dropping All the Black Peopleoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2019
Kevin Levin’s “Searching for Black Confederates” Named a Scholar’s Choice for Favorite History Book of 2019 by Smithsonian Magazineoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2019
Gideon Welles: Democrats Should Have Nominated General Hancock to Run Against Grant 1868original ↗
1 Dec 2019
Historian James Oakes Writes on Recent Works by Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gatesoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2019
Historian Manisha Sinha Sees Parallels Between Andy Johnson and Donald Trumporiginal ↗
29 Nov 2019
George Ashburn Assassinated: The First Klan Murder in Georgia March 1868original ↗
29 Nov 2019
“The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation” By Brenda Wineapple Makes the NY Times’s Notable Books of 2019 Listoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2019
Smithsonian Names Three Civil War/Reconstruction Era Books to Its Top 10 List for 2019original ↗
28 Nov 2019
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gatesoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2019
A Close Look at Thomas Nast’s Cartoon “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” 1869 Immigrants Welcome Here?original ↗
26 Nov 2019
March 3, 1867 Tenure of Office Act Passed Setting the Legal Basis for the Johnson Impeachmentoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
Book Review: The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War by Andrew Delbancooriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
TEACHING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF CIVIL WAR VETERANSoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2019
Arguing Against the 15th Amendment and Blacks Voting in Georgia in 1869original ↗
24 Nov 2019
Historian Sean Wilentz: The End of Slavery Was Anything But Inevitableoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2019
O.O. Howard Explains Why He Supports Closing the Freedmen’s Bureau Dec. 1868original ↗
23 Nov 2019
New Resource on Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan from Gilder-Lehrman Instituteoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
What Klansmen Ate in 1868original ↗
22 Nov 2019
Three Million Have Seen “Harriet”-Here Are Biographies to Learn the Fuller Storyoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2019
After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War by Gregory Downsoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2019
Were the Ku Klux Ghosts of Confederate Soldiers? Mississippi 1868original ↗
20 Nov 2019
Podcast: Why “Song of the South” Was More of a Success in the 1970s than the 1940soriginal ↗
20 Nov 2019
The KKK “Works Upon the Fears of the Colored People” NY Times Feb. 1868original ↗
20 Nov 2019
When I Use the Word “Conservative” to Describe Some Opponents of Reconstruction, Am I Being “Anachronistic”?original ↗
19 Nov 2019
“Dear Harriet…Your Friend Frederick Douglass” A Letter to Harriet Tubman 1868original ↗
19 Nov 2019
“A Lodge of That Famous Klan Will Soon Be Formed In Every Village” Tenn. March, 1868original ↗
18 Nov 2019
Book Review: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogersoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2019
Ku Klux Parade With a Supernatural Element Tennessee February 1868original ↗
17 Nov 2019
Eric Foner Interviewed by Ed Ayers about Reconstruction and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments for Backstoryoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2019
Torturing a Black Man: The First New York Times Article on the Klan January 1868original ↗
16 Nov 2019
The War Against Blacks in Southern Indiana in 1868original ↗
15 Nov 2019
Podcast: Did You Know That Disney Hired a Communist to Help Prepare the Script for “Song of the South”?original ↗
14 Nov 2019
Book Review: Embattled Freedom: Journeys Through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps by Amy Murrell Taylororiginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
The Assault on Civil Rights and Andy Johnson’s Vetoes: Background to the Johnson Impeachmentoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
Amy Murrell Taylor Wins Frederick Douglass Prize for “Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps”original ↗
13 Nov 2019
Franklin, Tenn. Unveils Monument to Enslaved African Americansoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2019
After Longstreet’s Infamous Letter Endorsing Black Civil Rights, the Destruction of His Reputation Beganoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2019
Gen. Longstreet’s Infamous Letter: On Joining the Republicans & “Betraying” the Confederates 1867original ↗
11 Nov 2019
The Lost Cause that Built Jim Crow: Henry Louis Gates in the NY Timesoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2019
CBS Sunday Morning Visits the Slavery and Reconstruction Sites of Harriet Tubmanoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2019
The Scientific Defense of the Segregation of Southern Schools by Raceoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2019
Did Grant’s World Tour Boost the U.S. in East Asia?original ↗
8 Nov 2019
BuzzFeed Looks at the Controversies Around the New Movie “Harriet”original ↗
7 Nov 2019
Definition of Scalawag: A “Southron who…lives upon the sickening odors of negro love.”original ↗
7 Nov 2019
Why Do We Believe Crazy Stuff About the Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction?original ↗
7 Nov 2019
Wall Street Journal Reviews “Hymns of the Republic,” New Book on the Last Year of the Civil Waroriginal ↗
6 Nov 2019
President-Elect Grant Arrives in Washington By a “Surprise Flank March” Nov. 7, 1868original ↗
6 Nov 2019
Franklin, Tennessee to Unveil Monument to Enslaved People on Nov. 9, 2019original ↗
6 Nov 2019
Podcast: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from “Song of the South” and Mistrels in Hollywoodoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2019
Black Troops Engage in Anti-Klan Operations in Tennesee in February 1868original ↗
5 Nov 2019
“Harriet” Opens to Very Good Audience Reception & Good Ticket Salesoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2019
Pat Young Reviews the New Film “Harriet” About the Life of Harriet Tubmanoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2019
The Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era Available Free OnLineoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2019
Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era at Univ. of South Carolina, Beaufort, Launches Nov. 7, 2019original ↗
2 Nov 2019
Maryland Hopes Americans Will Visit Harriet Tubman Sites in Stateoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2019
The Real Enemy of Blacks Is Not Whites, It Is Poor White Southerners Says NY World January 1869original ↗
2 Nov 2019
Reviews of “Harriet” Movie from L.A. Times, Rolling Stone, & NPRoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2019
New Yorker Says that New Harriet Tubman Film Is a “Stunning Achievement”original ↗
1 Nov 2019
The New York Times Reviews New Harriet Tubman BioPic “Harriet”original ↗
1 Nov 2019
Andrew Johnson’s Trial: The Constitution on Impeachment-Primary Sources & Discussionoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2019
NY Times Looks at Why “Little Women,” the Bestseller of the Reconstruction Era, Will Come to the Movie Screen This Christmasoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2019
Photo Tour of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park Auburn NY-Tubman’s Homeoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2019
NY Times Looks at Facts and Myth in the New Film on the Life of Harriet Tubmanoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
Podcast: Hattie McDaniel’s Role As Maid in “Song of the South” and “Gone With the Wind”-Episode 2original ↗
30 Oct 2019
NY Times Publishes “Stories from Slavery” Submitted by Readersoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
“Threats Against Teachers of Colored Schools” by the Klan Tennessee March 1868original ↗
29 Oct 2019
Andrew Johnson Roiled Washington With Christmas Tweets in 1868original ↗
29 Oct 2019
Democratic Newspaper Wonders if Grant Still Antisemite in 1869original ↗
29 Oct 2019
Videos from CUNY Conference on Abolitionismoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2019
Poll: How Much Does the History of Slavery Impact Modern African Americans?original ↗
27 Oct 2019
The Johnson Impeachment Was Huge: An Interview With Brenda Wineappleoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2019
Impeaching Johnson: Why Impeach a President Who Won’t Be Removed? New Series from The Reconstruction Blogoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2019
The Woman Who Published “The Reconstructionist” Was a Firebrand and an Arson Targetoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2019
Franklin, Tenn. Dedicates Five Historical Markers Telling the Story of Slavery, Black Resistance, and Reconstructionoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2019
From Slavery to Uncertain Freedom: The Freedman’s Bureau in Arkansas 1865-1869 (Black Community Studies) by Randy Finleyoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2019
Sen. Henry Wilson Warns “Lost Cause” Partisans That Their Children Will Seek to Hide Their Ancestry 1869original ↗
23 Oct 2019
Podcast: Why We Can’t Buy Disney’s Song of the South on DVD or Stream It on Disney+original ↗
22 Oct 2019
Listening to the War: The Civil War Lecture Circuit 1870-1910original ↗
22 Oct 2019
Frederick Douglass Tells Women’s Convention that Republicans Should Not Drop “Manhood Suffrage” Nov. 1868original ↗
20 Oct 2019
John C. Calhoun Was Right, The Next Step Really Is Negro Equality January 1869original ↗
19 Oct 2019
African Americans Demanded that “Whites Only” Naturalization Law Be Made Color-Blind 1868original ↗
18 Oct 2019
Negro School Burned by White Men-Outrages of the KuKlux Klans Tennessee Feb. 1868original ↗
17 Oct 2019
The First Time the Ku Klux Klan Was Covered in a National Newspaper Was for a Murder Jan. 18, 1868original ↗
16 Oct 2019
Remembering the Massacre of African Americans in Atlanta in 1906original ↗
15 Oct 2019
Atlanta Journal Constitution on Visiting the Reconstruction National Park in Beaufort, S.C.original ↗
15 Oct 2019
Wade Hampton & South Carolina Democrats Call for a Halt to Assassinations Nov. 1868original ↗
15 Oct 2019
Freedom Under the Confiscation Act: What One Man’s Freedom Papers Tell Us About Black Resistance to Slaveryoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2019
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