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Edward Garrison Draper is admitted to the Maryland bar

John Fea   |  October 27, 2023

His admission came 166 years after he first applied to the bar and was denied. Here is Sydney Trent at The Washington Post: Edward Garrison Draper was more prepared to be a lawyer than most White attorneys in the mid-19th […]

The Author’s Corner with Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 21, 2022

Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is Assistant Professor of African American History at Furman University. This interview is based on his new book, The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice (University of Georgia Press, 2022). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Nik Ribianszky

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 1, 2021

Nik Ribianszky is Lecturer of American History at Queen’s University Belfast. This interview is based on her new book, Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865 (University of Georgia Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Generations […]