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Judith Giesberg

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Grant — Not Lincoln or Roosevelt — May Hold the Key to Biden’s Success

Biden needs to stare down White supremacy, which requires strenuous enforcement of the laws.

by Judith Giesberg via Made By History on February 3, 2021
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Sanctuary-City Advocates Are Like Abolitionists – Not Secessionists

A history lesson for attorney general Jeff Sessions.

by Judith Giesberg via Made By History on March 6, 2018

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families

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A family of formerly enslaved people outside their house in Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1862–1865.

The Missing Persons of Reconstruction

Enslaved families were regularly separated. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited with their loved ones.

by Joshua D. Rothman via The New Republic on February 26, 2025

Falling Out of Love with the Civil War

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.

by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on August 21, 2017

Lithograph titled "Kiss Me Quick" showing a man and a woman kissing. The woman has her hands on the hats of two children.

Sexual Revolution: Event or Process?

The most important dimension of the sexual revolution of the '60s and '70s was the increased freedom of sexual speech.

by Jeffrey Escoffier, Christopher Mitchell via NOTCHES on October 11, 2018

Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War?

The recent unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a white-supremacist rally has stoked some Americans’ fears of a new civil war.

by Robin Wright via The New Yorker on August 14, 2017

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