Civil War - AAIHS

From Abolitionist to Race Woman: Charlotte Forten’s Black Feminist Legacy

September 7, 2026September 6, 2026 Mickell Carter 0 Comments
#globalblackthought, black women's intellectual history, Civil War, education, South Carolina

In today’s post, Mickell Carter, an editorial assistant at Global Black Thought (the official journal of AAIHS), interviews Jaimie D. Crumley about her

The Harmfulness of Black Codes in the State of Alabama

March 29, 2024March 28, 2024 Daphne Calhoun #BlackCodes, #BooksArchivesMonuments, reconstruction

This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” When the Civil War

Black Reconstruction in the Twenty-First Century

October 24, 2023October 18, 2023 Lacey P. Hunter 19th Century, American Civil War, American Democracy, citizenship, Civil Rights Movement, Voting Rights

Peniel E. Joseph, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Basic Books,

African Americans and the State Militia

September 22, 2023September 7, 2023 Gregory Mixon antebellum, citizenship, Civil War, military, Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

Robert Smalls and Reconstruction Politics

September 6, 2023August 22, 2023 Karen Cook Bell Civil War, education, Leadership, Politics, reconstruction, Robert Smalls

Reconstruction politics shares a political lineage with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Both periods sought to fulfill the nation’s mandate

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