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Reconstruction

Henry E. Hayne represented the promise of Reconstruction. Why don’t we know more about him?

John Fea   |  January 24, 2022

Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry are trying to correct that. Here is a taste of their piece on Hayne at The Washington Post: In 1872, Hayne became South Carolina’s secretary of state. This elective position probably provided him […]

The 1877 Project?

John Fea   |  December 21, 2021

It sure sounds like the Dunning School to me. Here is Eric Levitz at New York Magazine: In a recent column for The American Conservative, Helen Andrews argues that Reconstruction â€” that brief slice of the 19th century during which Black Southerners enjoyed extensive political […]

The Author’s Corner with Jack Noe

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 20, 2021

Jack Noe is Teaching Associate at the Queen Mary University of London. This interview is based on his new book, Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South (LSU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Contesting […]

Black Americans have a long history of creating spaces against violent white resistance

John Fea   |  December 7, 2021

Alicia Jackson teaches history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Here is a taste of her Washington Post piece, “Black Americans have long envisioned and created spaces of sanctuary”: On a plot of land near Toomsboro, Ga., three dozen people […]

The Author’s Corner with William Kiser

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 29, 2021

William Kiser is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University. This interview is based on his new book, Illusions of Empire: The Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Robert S. Levine

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 9, 2021

Robert S. Levine is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Maryland. This interview is based on his new book, The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021). JF: […]

A Third Reconstruction?

John Fea   |  May 18, 2021

Matt Ford gives us a lot to think about in this piece at The New Republic. titled “Our 250-Year Fight for Multiracial Democracy.” A taste: Some scholars and activists, by the same token, break down American history into presidencies or […]

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