#Reconstruction

Jeremy Ebobisse

kingjebo

It is imperative that we speak candidly about the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth as many continue to relearn our history. While Lincoln ultimately made strides in the advancement of Blacks,

Erik B. Alexander

ebalexan

@NickSacco55 has been doing remarkable work for several years on the public memory of Grant and some of the persistent myths that have clung to Grant’s reputation since the Lost

CB_Arolygu / RC_Survey

RC_Survey

#FaithBuildingsFriday In the 1970s @RC_Survey visited the derelict church of St Teilo’s, Llandeilio Talybont. They noticed traces of coloured pigments below the flaking white limewash – a first step to

Katherine Cross

Quinnae_Moon

You're already hearing this a lot, I imagine, but those of us who have warned for years that what's said and done online is consequential, that people like this were

Vegard Vike

VegardVike

First test run of the Viking Age yarn swift that I made this Christmas! (The yarn ball winder is modern). 1/7 I made this yarn swift based on the one

🌵🌊 Trump Killed the Party of Lincoln 🌊🌵

SuaveMoose

I understand the reasons for Civil War in 1860. We really did have two completely different cultures and economies, one of which was completely immoral, of course. What I see

Brad Wyble

bradpwyble

New PrePrint! Working memory makes use of long-term-memories, which is how we can easily remember familiar shapes or characters. This idea has been part of WM theories since their inception

The animals of the Proto-Indo-Europeans

PIE_Animals

OX in #IndoEuropean: #Vedic ukṣā́, #Avestan uxšā, #ProtoGermanic *uhsô (#Gothic auhsa, #Old Norse oxi, #OldEnglish oxa, #OldHighGerman ohso, #German Ochse, #Durch os), #Welsh ych, #OldIrish oss, #Tocharian B okso, A

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

For today's #EpigraphyTuesday thread here's a Romano-British tombstone, that of Titus Valerius Pudens, ca. 1st Century AD, discovered on Monson Street in Lincoln in 1849.Image: British Museum (1853,1108.1) Text:T(itus) Valerius

Ms.Phoenix

MsPhoenix217

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes which limits the powers of the federal government in the use of fe

Jemar Tisby

JemarTisby

#OTD: February 8, 1915 The 3-hour long blockbuster silent film “Birth of a Nation” debuts in Los Angeles. It was a white supremacist propaganda film that takes place during Reconstruction.

Ahmed

Post_Apathy

One of the big lessons of the Muqadimmah is that there is no Great Reset. There is no retreat into the desert that can lead to the creation and imposition

Mass for Shut-ins (Podcast)

edburmila

In less than 9 months in 1889 into 1890, Congress admitted six new states to the Union. The politics of that outburst of statehood aren't just interesting history. It suggests

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

I understand why people are anxious. But Biden will be president on January 20th.Any worst-case scenario falls short.The conservative Justices are not insane, nor are they bad at math.They already

Erin Blakemore

heroinebook

Everything Old Is New Again, Or Why It's Worth Brushing Up on a 144-Year-Old Electoral Debacle: a threadhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2021/01/1876-election-most-divisive-united-states-history-how-congress-responded/ You hav

Jack Miller Center

JackMillerCtr

Our webinar begins shortly! Jeremy Bailey and Susan McWilliams Barndt, editors of American Political Thought, will speak on the process of publishing a journal article in this illuminating virtual workshop.https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/re

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