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A Child of the Civil Rights Movement Topples a Confederate General From His Lost Cause Pedestal
Today the Commonwealth of Virginia dedicated a statue in honor of Barbara Rose Johns in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol Building.
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Barbara Johns, Fitz Lee and the Politics of Civil War Memory
Politics or the exercise of political power is unavoidable when it comes to public commemorations of the past that utilize tax dollars.
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National Park Service Receives One Final Punch in the Gut From the Trump Administration
You would think that after all the uncertainty and challenges experienced by National Park Service staff during the shutdown of the federal government…
Dec 14
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Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season
Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.
Dec 13
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Never Apologize For Studying the Confederate Soldier Experience
It’s OK to study the lives of Confederate soldiers.
Dec 11
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H.K. Edgerton's Fading Rebel Yell
H.K.
Dec 9
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Flea, Bebop, and the Historical Imagination
I love Rick Beato’s interviews.
Dec 8
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National Park Service Ends Fee-Free Days on MLK Day and Juneteenth and Places Trump on America the Beautiful Passes
It’s been a while since we checked in with our friends at the National Park Service.
Dec 7
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Once Again, For the People in the Back Row: The South Didn't Lose the Civil War
The other day I posted this photograph on Bluesky with the following comment: “The South didn’t lose the Civil War.
Dec 6
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Where to Find "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
I am tired of having to listen to the rantings of arguably the most racist president in American history.
Dec 4
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History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause
After decades of entertaining white audiences at Confederate veterans reunions and claiming a close relationship with General Robert E.
Dec 1
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November 2025
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud
Long-time readers of my blog and my book, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth, are already familiar with William Mack…
Nov 30
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