Media: Interviews and Presentations
2023
- Podcast: Black Confederate Myth, 2 Complicated 4 History (November 28, 2023).
- Presentation: “Civil War Monuments and Race in America,” Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, Maine (September 9, 2023).
- Interview: James Longstreet and “Confederate Cancel Culture,” Emerging Civil War (November 17, 2023).
- Presentation: “Before Glory: Robert Gould Shaw and the Second Massachusetts,” Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table (March 13, 2023).
- Interview: Critical Race Theory and History Education, Emerging Civil War (February 28, 2023).
2022
- Interview: Origins of the Civil War and Debunking Lost Cause Myths (2022).
- Movie Discussion: Glory, Massachusetts Historical Society (January 13, 2022).
2021
2020
- Panel Discussion on Monuments and Memory: National Council for History Education, (August 6, 2020).
- Panel Discussion on Monuments and Civic Spaces: George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University (July 31, 2020).
- Moderator: Ford’s Theatre interview Mitch Landrieu and Eugene Robinson, (July 30, 2020).
- Interview: National Museum of Civil War Medicine on the battle of the Crater and the Black Confederate Myth, (July 29, 2020).
- Interview: NPR’s Morning Edition on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, (July 23, 2020).
- Webinar: Teaching the History and Controversy Surrounding Confederate Monuments, National Council for History Education, (July 22, 2020).
- Virginia Festival of the Book: Interview about Searching for Black Confederates, (July 9, 2020).
- Interview: Muckrake Podcast about Confederate monuments, (July 7, 2020).
- Conversation with students and teachers at La Jolla High School in San Diego about the Confederate monument controversy, (June 25, 2020).
- Interview: Black News Channel on the Confederate Battle Flag, (June 19, 2020).
- Conversation with Dr. Peter Carmichael and John Heckman about Black Confederates and monuments, (June 8, 2020).
- Conversation with Dr. Hilary Green about the Confederate monument controversy, Ford’s Theatre, (June 18, 2020).
- Interview: Professor Buzzfeed Podcast about black Confederates, (April 28, 2020).
2019
- Interview: CSPAN about black Confederates and monuments in Chapel Hill, NC (October 28, 2019).
- Virginia Museum of History & Culture: Lecture on black Confederates, (October 1, 2019).
- National Archives: Lecture on black Confederates, (September 24, 2019).
- CSPAN: Lecture at Massachusetts Historical Society on black Confederates, (September 18, 2019).
- H-Net: Interview about black Confederates, Atlanta History Center, (September 9, 2019).
- The Washington Post: Interview about the Sons of Confederate Veterans (June 9, 2019).
- History Camp Boston: Lecture about “Searching For Black Confederates,” (March 19, 2019)
- Chronicle 5: Interview about the MetFern Cemetery and historical markers (January 9, 2019).
- NPR’s “To the Point”: Interview about the history and memory of the Confederate flag (June 19, 2015)].
2018
- Amerikan Rambler Podcast: Interview about blogging, the Crater, black Confederates, and doing history in the age of Trump (June 18, 2018).
- National Humanities Center Webinar: “Confederate Monuments and Contested Spaces in the United States,” with W. Fitzhugh Brundage (April 3, 2018).
- Why We Argue Podcast: Interview about black Confederates, public history, and fake history (March 1, 2018).
- Georgia Historical Society: interview about public history and history education (January 11, 2018).
2017
- Vox: interview about the UDC and Civil War memory (October 25, 2017).
- Civil War Trust: Interview about the battle of the Crater (August 3, 2017).
- National Humanities Center Webinar: “#fakenews: Teaching Historical Understanding in the Digital Age” (May 3, 2017)
2016
- Battlefield Trust: History of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (November 9, 2016).
- Huffduffer: Interview (German Radio) on the battle of the Crater (May 28, 2016).
- The Takeaway Show: Interview on the myth of black Confederate soldiers (April 13, 2011).
- Civil War Monitor: Interview with Katie Brackett Fialka on the myth of the black Confederate soldier (March, 11, 2016)
2015
2014
- C-SPAN: Panel discussion about the War in 1863, Civil War Institute (2014).
- C-SPAN: 150th anniversary talk on the battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA (August 1, 2014).
- Gettysburg National Battlefield Park: Lecture on the Battle of the Crater (June 22, 2014).
- Civil War Trust: Video about Civil War Memory (2014).
2013
- C-SPAN: Moderator of panel on United States Colored Troops, Civil War Institute (April 20, 2013).
- Virginia Festival of the Book: Panel discussion about the battle of the Crater, (March 22, 2013).
2012
- C-SPAN: Panelist on Civil War blogging, Civil War Institute (October 6, 2012).
- The Civil War Monitor: Interview about the battle of the Crater and blogging (October 3, 2012).
- Civil War Talk Radio: Interview about the battle of the Crater (September 28, 2012)
- C-SPAN: Panelist on emancipation, Civil War Institute (September 22, 2012).
- NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin on the challenges of remembering 9-11 (September 11, 2012).
- OAH (Civil War 150 podcast): Interview about teaching film, blogging, and the battle of the Crater (June 13, 2012).
- Bloggingheads.tv: Interview about the memory of the battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War.
- Voice of Russia Radio: Interview (w/Myra Chandler Sampson) on the myth of black Confederate soldiers and Silas Chandler (January 16, 2012).
2011
- Studio 360: Interview about Newt Gingrich’s historical novel on the battle of the Crater (December 9, 2011).