USH: Reconstruction Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 'The Slaves Dread New Year's Day the Worst': The Grim History of January 1 https://daniellazar.com/2020/05/11/the-slaves-dread-new-years-day-the-worst-the-grim-history-of-january-1/ Mon, 11 May 2020 18:58:40 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5942 Americans are likely to think of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a time to celebrate the fresh start that a new year represents, but there is also a troubling side to the holiday’s history. In the years before the Civil War, the first day of the new year was often a heartbreaking … Continue reading 'The Slaves Dread New Year's Day the Worst': The Grim History of January 1 →

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]]> The Unlikely Paths of Grant and Lee https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/the-unlikely-paths-of-grant-and-lee/ Tue, 12 May 2015 06:31:17 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5232 To millions of Americans, 150 years after the end of the Civil War, Lee is a role model and Grant is—despite his gifted generalship and consequential presidency—an embarrassment. What happened? How did the hero of the war become a quasi-ignominious figure, and how did the champion of Southern slavery become, if not the war’s hero, … Continue reading The Unlikely Paths of Grant and Lee →

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]]> The Confederacy and Medicaid https://daniellazar.com/2014/12/17/the-confederacy-and-medicaid/ Wed, 17 Dec 2014 21:08:14 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5174 Ten of the Eleven Former Confederate States Are Not Participating in the Expansion of Medicaid Participating: Arkansas Not Participating: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (may reverse rejection), Texas and Virginia Medicaid expansion plans (as of July 2013) You likey the red herring? It would be fun to give this article … Continue reading The Confederacy and Medicaid →

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]]> Southern Reconstruction: Thomas Nast cartoons https://daniellazar.com/2014/12/12/southern-reconstruction-thomas-nast-cartoons/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:16:34 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5140 Here is Nast’s take on Reconstruction 

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]]> History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson https://daniellazar.com/2014/12/12/history-of-the-impeachment-of-andrew-johnson/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:11:38 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5136 History of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, president of the United States, by the House of representatives, and his trial by the Senate, for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868. By Edmund G. Ross! (Ross was the Senator who cast the ballot that kept Johnson in office.) Edmund G. Ross is one of eight … Continue reading History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson →

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]]> Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 https://daniellazar.com/2014/12/12/reconstruction-americas-unfinished-revolution-1863-1877/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:50:43 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5129 This is the concluding chapter of an  Foner book on Reconstruction. Foner is arguably the most influential contemporary voice in Reconstruction studies. Epilogue: the River Has its Bend is worth a read…as is the rest of the book.

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]]> Coates' Case for Reparations https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/25/coates-case-for-reparations/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:55:52 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5007 This journalistic tour de force is the best piece I’ve read this year. Coates puts the question squarely into the reader’s face and, in so doing, changes the dialogue about reparations. Chapters I. “So That’s Just One Of My Losses” II.  “A Difference of Kind, Not Degree” III. “We Inherit Our Ample Patrimony” IV. “The … Continue reading Coates' Case for Reparations →

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]]> The case for reparations: a narrative bibliography https://daniellazar.com/2014/06/27/the-case-for-reparations-a-narrative-bibliography/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:57:22 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4989 “As I’ve said before, the idea of reparations precedes this month’s cover of The Atlantic, and the work around it—among scholars, activists, and writers—has been ongoing, even if the interest of the broader world is fickle. Following up on the autopsy of an idea, I thought I’d give some larger sense of how something like this came … Continue reading The case for reparations: a narrative bibliography →

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]]> Booker T. and W.E.B. https://daniellazar.com/2013/09/01/booker-t-and-w-e-b/ Sun, 01 Sep 2013 05:34:52 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4641 Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois By Dudley Randall “It seems to me,” said Booker T., “It shows a mighty lot of cheek To study chemistry and Greek When Mister Charlie needs a hand To hoe the cotton on his land, And when Miss Ann looks for a cook, Why stick your nose inside a … Continue reading Booker T. and W.E.B. →

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]]> Going to Summer Kamp With the KKK https://daniellazar.com/2013/05/14/going-to-summer-kamp-with-the-kkk/ Tue, 14 May 2013 19:04:12 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4452 This brochure advertises a Ku Klux Klan summer resort to be convened in 1924 near Rockport, Texas. The pamphlet offers KKK members a roster of family activities, including swimming, “watermelon parties,” and “big game fishing.” The excursion would even be educational: Klan members might “learn … what is a hammerhead, a dog fish, a sea … Continue reading Going to Summer Kamp With the KKK →

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