Tag: Reconstruction
A Yankee Apology for Reconstruction
A 2021 study of memorials in America counted 5,917 monuments that memorialize the Civil War. In that total, only 1 percent include the word slavery; Yale’s Civil War Memorial is not among that 1 percent.
The memorial stands in one of the busiest corridors on campus. Four bas-relief figures—symbolizing courage, devotion, peace, and memory—surround tablets bearing the names of Yale men who fought and died for both sides. Verses of a poem, “The Blue and the Gray,” are etched
Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction
When it comes to understanding modern politics, analogies abound. We have the 1938 Munich conference as a metaphor for the perils of being “weak” on foreign policy. Modern hyper-partisanship has driven comparisons to the 1850s and the lead-up to the Civil War. With the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and a new wave of strikes roiling the nation, scholars and journalists have compared our
„I Saw Death Coming“ von Kidada Williams überarbeitet Reconstruction
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Ich sah den Tod kommen: Eine Geschichte von Terror und Überleben im Krieg gegen den Wiederaufbau
Von Kidada E. Williams
Bloomsbury: 384 Seiten, 30 $
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Als sich Robert E. Lee nach der Schlacht am Appomattox Court House am 9. April 1865 Ulysses S. Grant ergab, war die Niederlage des Südens im Bürgerkrieg so gut wie sicher.
Rezension: „The Third Reconstruction“, von Peniel E. Joseph
Peniel E. Josephs „The Third Reconstruction“ ist zwar unwiderstehlich lesbar, übertreibt aber die Auswirkungen der jüngsten Abrechnungen über Rassengerechtigkeit.
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Have We Entered America’s Third Era of Reconstruction?
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