Tag Archives: Civil Rights

Reconstruction, so much better and so much worse than I knew.

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

To honor Black History Month:  I have now read two books about reconstruction (A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner, and The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era, by Michael A. Ross), … Continue reading →

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A White Woman Writing Black History

Posted on February 9, 2015 by

A reader has asked me by what lights should I, a white woman, be writing about Afro-Americans, slavery in particular.  Once I get all of the flip answers out of my system, what it comes down to is that people … Continue reading →

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