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We Can't Escape the Past
Last week 18-year-old Payton Gendron drove 200 miles to Buffalo, New York to murder Black people. Ten people were killed, and three others were injured…
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Do We Really Need a New Civil War Documentary? (Part 4)
Catch up on this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In 2019 historian Keri Leigh Merritt published a thoughtful critique of Ken Burns’s Civil War…
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May 19
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Teach American History as if Democracy Itself Were at Stake
What good is history education if you are prevented from teaching its most critical lessons following yet another racially-inspired mass killing? This…
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May 17
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Writing on Substack: Future Plans
I wrote my first blog post back in November 2005. Little did I know how it would change my life. The contacts I made through the community that formed…
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May 16
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Should You Watch Ken Burns's Civil War Documentary? (Part 3)
I've always thought that Barbara Fields was the real star of this film.
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May 13
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Conan O'Brien and Bob Odenkirk Have Some Fun With Civil War Reenacting
This is one of my favorite comedy skits about Civil Ware reenacting. I’ve heard from a few people that Conan is a bit of a history buff and is…
Kevin M. Levin
May 12
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The Speech That Alexander Stephens Wanted to be Remembered For
Just sent off a review of Keith S. Hebert’s new book, Cornerstone of the Confederacy: Alexander Stephens and the Speech that Defined the Lost Cause to…
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May 11
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Dylann Roof Would Approve
Today state offices in South Carolina are closed in recognition of Confederate Memorial Day. The day comes just weeks before the anniversary of Dylann…
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May 10
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Should You Watch Ken Burns's Civil War Documentary? (Part 2)
In the first installment of this series I briefly explored the way in which The Civil War deals with slavery as a cause of the war. For many viewers…
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May 9
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Stonewall or No Stonewall?
Yesterday, historian Eric Michael Burke tweeted this thread below about our practice of referring to Confederate general Thomas Jackson as “Ston…
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May 7
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Should You Watch Ken Burns's Civil War Documentary? (Part 1)
The other day on twitter I was asked if it is worth watching Ken Burns’s documentary, The Civil War, which aired on PBS in 1990. In recent years, the…
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May 6
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A Moment in the Life of a Civil War Soldier
A reader asked for more information about the image that accompanied my last post. It is titled “News From Home” and was sketched by the artist Edwin…
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May 4
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