Southern History

Happy Anniversary

by Kevin Levin on September 17, 2008 · 1 comment · Follow me on

in Memory, Southern History

The Long Road to Brown: 1865-1954

by Kevin Levin on September 11, 2008 · 1 comment · Follow me on

in Civil Rights History, Slavery, Southern History

Corinth Contraband Camp

by Kevin Levin on September 7, 2008 · 2 comments · Follow me on

in Public History, Slavery, Southern History

Taking Religion Seriously

by Kevin Levin on September 4, 2008 · 0 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians, Religion, Slavery, Southern History

I came across this interesting article on the changing face of the Lee County Courthouse in Mississippi.  The Coalition for Change is scheduled to unveil a rendering of the estimated $7,000 civil rights monument to the Lee County Board of Supervisors in early September.  The author apparently did her homework and interviewed two authorities on [...]

Why Jim Limber?

by Kevin Levin on August 18, 2008 · 10 comments · Follow me on

in Lost Cause, Slavery, Southern History

I’ve now had a few days to think about the decision of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar and wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts, some of which have already been laid out in the comments section of the last post on this subject.  This is the first major public relations [...]

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