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Tag Archives: Reconstruction
The Louisiana Unification Movement and the Political Limits of Reconstruction
In the messy annals of Reconstruction, one of the most perplexing episodes was the short-lived but fascinating Unification Movement of Louisiana. A New Orleans political alliance of both black and white elites, the movement tried to merge concerns over corruption … Continue reading
Echoes of Reconstruction: President Grant Reorganized the White House As Soon As He Took Office
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Ulysses S. Grant was sworn in as president on March 4, 1869. The immensely unpopular incumbent Andrew Johnson was finally deposed. The new President’s wife Julia Dent Grant … Continue reading
Echoes of Reconstruction: Black History Month and the Erasure of Black History
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog I remember taking my kids to visit Stone Mountain in Georgia around 1991. At the time, the “park” was a sort of Confederate Disneyland that mixed faux Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged Alabama, Atlanta, black history month, Carter G. Woodson, Echoes of Reconstruction, Georgia, Gone with the Wind, Henry House Hill, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lost Cause, Manassas National Battlefield, Marie Bankhead Owen, Negro History Week, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Stone Mountain, United Daughters of the Confederacy, USCT
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Fables of the Reconstruction
They had given their first two albums single-word titles—Murmur and Reckoning—but when it came time for R.E.M. to name their third album, they didn’t think another single-word title would do.[1] Lead singer Michael Stipe spoke to his father, a carpenter, … Continue reading
MLK on How the Dunning School Distorted the Echoes of Reconstruction
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Martin Luther King delivered a speech in 1968 at Carnegie Hall in New York to commemorate the 100th Birthday of W.E.B. DuBois. In his speech, King spoke about … Continue reading
Echoes of Reconstruction: Misusing the History of the Civil War Era in Drafting Alabama’s Constitution
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Usually we think of the study of history as a good starting point for the drafting of new laws. This is especially true when a state adopts a … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 15th Amendment, Alabama, Alabama Constitutional Convention, Alabama state constitution, Columbia University, Dunning School, Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, Fifteenth Amendment, John Knox, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Redeemers, The Reconstruction Era Blog, United States Colored Troops, USCT, white supremacy, William A. Dunning
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A Close Brush With History—UWF History Trust’s Black Politicians Exhibit
It was recently announced in the last Emerging Civil War newsletter that I’ve taken on a part-time position with the University of West Florida’s Historic Trust in Pensacola, Florida. I had begun volunteering in their Collections Department – and diversifying … Continue reading
Posted in Material Culture, Memory, Politics, Preservation, Reconstruction, Ties to the War
Tagged Archives and Collections, artifacts, Black Politicians, civil war memory, Ku Klux Klan, Material Culture, Museum Exhibit, Pensacola Florida, Pensacola History Museum, Racial hate Groups, Reconstruction, Southern memory, UWF Historic Trust
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Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
One of the things I love most about the Civil War community is that books are such a major part of our overall culture. I love a good book, and love the fact that so many people around me love … Continue reading
Echoes of Reconstruction: The USCT Continued to Serve After the War Was Over
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog July 18 was the 158th Anniversary of the assault of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on Battery Wagner near Charleston. The assault was the most famous single military … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 22nd USCT, 27th USCT, 54th Massachusetts, 56th USCT, 60th USCT, Camp Chase, Camp William Penn, Charles Bentzoni, freedmen's bureau, Glory, Godfrey Weitzel, Grand Review, Helena Arkansas, Henry Sweeney, Iowa, Milton Howard, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Blog, Rock Island Arsenal
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Book Review: Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Social Justice
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Social Justice By Bruce Levine Simon & Schuster, 2021 $28.00 hardcover Reviewed by David T. Dixon Bundled in blankets and borne aloft in a chair by two young men, Thaddeus Stevens entered the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Book Review, Reconstruction, Republican Party, Thaddeus Stevens
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