Earlier today, Ted Cruz invoked the election of the 1876 and the so-called “Compromise of 1877” as a model for dealing with supposed election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Watch: Let’s set the record straight on what actually happened...
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Tuesday night court evangelical roundup
What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since yesterday’s update? Franklin Graham is on the stump for Trump. This is from his Facebook page : In the last presidential election in 2016, I reminded people across the country that the election was not about...
How the history of white evangelical racism has led to Donald Trump’s election and continues to shape support for his presidency
I begin with a caveat. This post is not implying that all white evangelicals are or have been racist. Many white evangelicals have been anti-racist and have fought hard to curb systemic racism in American life. But, as I argued...
Eric Foner on the “Buried Promise of the Reconstruction Amendments”
Over at The New Yorker, Isaac Chotiner interviews historian Eric Foner on the promise of Reconstruction. Foner, of course, remains the foremost historian of Reconstruction. I have taught his book Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 several times over the years. Foner’s current book,...
Epps: “The Citizenship Clause Means What It Says”
Here is Garrett Epps on Donald Trump’s latest nativist scheme: In an interview with Axios on HBO, Trump confirmed what had been suspected since last summer: He is planning an executive order that would try to change the meaning of the Constitution...
David Blight on the 14th Amendment
The Atlantic.com is running a digital symposium on the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction with particular focus on the history and legacy of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Here is a taste of Yale historian David’s Blight’s contribution on the 14th: Among...
Eric Foner Defends American Exceptionalism
It is really hard to argue that the United States is not an exceptional nation. It was the first nation born out of the Enlightenment. In the early 19th century it was probably the most democratic place in the world....
Linda Kerber on Why Students Should Memorize the 14th Amendment
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Happy 145 Birthday To The 14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868. Here it is: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...
The Most Important Document in American History Is…
George Marshall’s Marshall Plan Speech. Followed by The Federalist Papers and the Fourteenth Amendment. This is according to the 800 people who voted at the History News Network. (The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights were excluded from...