#Reconstruction

P.J. Weber 🎙

PJ_Weber

Martial law and re-running the election: The Posse Comitatus Act, passed in 1878, prevented federal troops from supervising Confederate state elections during Reconstruction. Though initially it only applied to the

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph

PenielJoseph

Viewed holistically Reconstruction, 1865-1896, experienced striking juxtapositions that relate to our era. Black elected officials numbers over 1500 including congress, lieutenant governors, local officials. These legislators created resour

Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins

sarahbelle721

This morning, GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson spoke on @NPR @MorningEdition about why he opposed impeachment, citing Abraham Lincoln's amnesty plan as an example of how we should avoid impeachment in

T.J. Stiles

TJStiles_Author

History is not a user manual for the future. But I note that we've usually had too little accountability, rarely too much. Who thinks there was *too much* de-Nazification, or

Dan Farbman

dsfarbman

A few years ago I wrote about a radical experiment undertaken by some idealistic Yankees during reconstruction where they tried to replace the pre-war system of county courts in NC,

David Pepper

DavidPepper

THREAD — what history tells usIt’s a short book. But one of the most consequential in American history. Haunting. And I keep going back to it now. The Strange Career

Sāmapriya Vasu | Šamoprio Boš(u)

samopriya

#Ossetian for the Caucasian #carp is сардзан (Ir. šarzan, Digor. sarʣan) or сазан (Ir. šažan, Digor. sazan), both loaned from Turkic, the latter perhaps via Russian саза́н (sazán).According to Dybo

Peter A. Shulman 📚

pashulman

The endgame of Hawley, Cruz, et al isn’t mysterious. It’s the same as that run by Democrats post-Reconstruction—to legislate electoral restrictions that favor one party, overwhelmingly if possible. They know

Senator Jeff Merkley

SenJeffMerkley

The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery—with one big caveat: “except as a punishment for a crime.” For a century and half, that’s been used to re-enslave American citizens (disproportionately black men).

Jim Stanford

JimboStanford

THREAD "Heartbreaking" is the only word I can find to describe today's awful #LFS jobs numbers: both the scale of job loss, and their painfully unfair distribution. 213K jobs

Kaz Weida

kazweida

This #SundayMorning we're asking what can be done about House Republicans who signed onto a lawsuit to overturn an election and install Trump as a de facto dictator.Isn't this sedition?

John McEvoy

jmcevoy_2

The UK high court has just ruled that Juan Guaido, who has never ran for presidential office in his life, is the legitimate president of Venezuela.This makes a total mockery

Nathan Kalmoe

NathanKalmoe

This is important. It also forces us to consider the millions of Black Americans who'd be alive if their ancestors hadn't been among 10000s lynched or worked to death after

Megan Romer

meganromer

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD READ BLACK RECONSTRUCTION Like literally right now, go borrow it from your library’s ebook catalog or even buy it from Daddy Bezos I don’t care

Timothy Burke

swarthmoreburke

We keep talking about what kills or destroys or burns down democracies as if this is well understood and based on a massive body of previous cases. 1/ In fact,

Brian Engh

BrianEngh_Art

Ohyeah it's #FossilFriday! Wanna talk about the weirdo body proportions of #Dilophosaurus, based on @NotThatMarsh's newly published & crazy thorough #osteology?I've been workin on a *few* things based on Adam's

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