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How One Amateur Historian Brought Us the Stories of African-Americans Who Knew Abraham Lincoln

Once John E. Washington started to dig, he found an incredible wealth of untapped knowledge about the 16th president.
by Kate Masur via Smithsonian on February 20, 2018
Mural of a wedding on a plantation, while African Americans working in fields.

'Until Death or Distance Do You Part'

African American marriages before and after the Civil War.
by Alexis Coe, Tera W. Hunter via Lenny Letter on February 13, 2018

Was the Real Lone Ranger a Black Man?

The amazing true story of Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who patrolled the Wild West.
by Thaddeus Morgan via HISTORY on February 1, 2018

The Fight Over Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States

The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United States.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via Smithsonian on January 1, 2018
Ed Ayers next to the cover of his book, "The Thin Light of Freedom."
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The Thin Light of Freedom

On this episode of BackStory, Brian sits down with Ed to talk about a project of his that’s been twenty-five years in the making.
via BackStory on November 17, 2017

Introducing Reconstruction

The new Slate Academy finds the seeds of our present politics in the period after the Civil War.
by Jamelle Bouie, Rebecca Onion via Slate on October 27, 2017

'The Fatal Deadfall of Abolition'

Threatening the newly-freed Southern slaves.
by John F. Ptak via JF Ptak Science Books on July 31, 2017
Vintage Georgia postcard.

The Un-Pretty History Of Georgia's Iconic Peach

Why are Georgia peaches so iconic? The answer has a lot to do with slavery — its end and a need for the South to rebrand itself.
by Tove Danovich via NPR on July 21, 2017
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The 14th Amendment Solved One Citizenship Crisis, But It Created A New One

How birthright citizenship became a barrier for undocumented immigrants.
by Martha S. Jones via Made By History on July 9, 2017

Aaron Alpeoria Bradley and Black Power during Reconstruction

Black power, and the causes it supports, began long before the official Black Power movement.
by Keri Leigh Merritt via Black Perspectives on June 21, 2017

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

The visualizations condense an enormous amount of data into a set of aesthetically daring and easily digestible visualisations.
via The Public Domain Review on June 6, 2017

Race and Labor in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots

What sparked one of the deadliest insurrections in American history?
by Shannon Luders-Manuel, Albon P Man Jr. via JSTOR Daily on May 4, 2017

A Dual Emancipation

How black freedom benefited poor whites.
by Keri Leigh Merritt via Black Perspectives on April 15, 2017

Making America White 200 Years Ago

Brandon Byrd examines resistance to the American Colonization Society's attempts to remove free blacks from the US.
by Brandon R. Byrd via Public Books on February 17, 2017

The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys

One in four cowboys was black. So why aren’t they more present in popular culture?
by Katie Nodjimbadem via Smithsonian on February 13, 2017
A New Orleans parade, with confetti falling on the heads of men dancing in suits.

Sundays in the Streets

The long history of benevolence, self-help, and parades in New Orleans.
by Leslie Parr via Southern Cultures on December 16, 2016
An "Information Wanted" advertisement from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Courtesy of the National Archives.

Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery

Last Seen is recovering stories of families separated in the domestic slave trade. The following explains how the project engages with these family histories.
via Villanova University on August 1, 2016

Slavery and Freedom

Eric Foner, Walter Johnson, Thavolia Glymph, and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss trends in the study of slavery and emancipation.
by Eric Foner, Thavolia Glymph, Annette Gordon-Reed, Walter Johnson via YouTube on May 20, 2016

The Truth About Abolition

The movement finally gets the big, bold history it deserves.
by Adam Rothman via The Atlantic on April 1, 2016

Land and The Roots of African-American Poverty

Land redistribution could have served as the primary means of reparations for former slaves. Instead, it did exactly the opposite.
by Keri Leigh Merritt via Aeon on March 11, 2016

The Birth of the Ku Klux Brand

A new book re-traces the origins of the 19th-century KKK, which began as a social club before swiftly moving to murder.
by Malcolm Harris via Pacific Standard on February 19, 2016
Sign reading "Is your child vaccinated?"
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Contagion

How prior generations of Americans responded to the threat of infectious disease.
via BackStory on February 19, 2016
Lithograph of Freedman's Bureau official separating freedmen from hostile whites.

The Freedmen's Bureau

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Hillary Brady via Digital Public Library of America on October 14, 2015

Killing Reconstruction

During Reconstruction, elites used racist appeals to silence calls for redistribution and worker empowerment.
by Heather Cox Richardson via Jacobin on August 19, 2015

The Hidden History Of Juneteenth

The internecine conflict and the institution of slavery could not and did not end neatly at Appomattox or on Galveston Island.
by Gregory P. Downs via Talking Points Memo on June 18, 2015

Mapping Occupation: Force, Freedom, and the Army in Reconstruction

A detailed look at when and where the U.S. Army was able to enforce the new rule of law in the years following the Civil War.
by Gregory P. Downs, Scott Nesbit via Mapping Occupation on March 1, 2015
Photo of Jimmy Lee Jackson.

The Killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson

How a post-Civil War massacre impacted racial justice in America.
by Debo Adegbile via The Marshall Project on February 27, 2015

How Watermelons Became a Racist Trope

Before its subversion in the Jim Crow era, the fruit symbolized black self-sufficiency.
by Bill Black via The Atlantic on December 8, 2014
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How Suffering Shaped Emancipation

Jim Downs discusses the plight of freed slaves during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
by Jim Downs, Robin Lindley via HNN on August 6, 2012
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Who Invented Memorial Day?

As Americans enjoy the holiday weekend, does anyone know how Memorial Day originated?
by Jim Downs via HNN on May 28, 2012
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