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Author Tera Hunter spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about the significance of Juneteenth and her book Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nine…

Christopher Bonner spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about the his book Remaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship. He discuss…

Nicole Myers Turner, author of Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia, discussed her book with Gregory Downs and Kate Masur, co-editors of the J…

Author Alexandra Finley spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about her book, An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America’s Domestic Slave Trade. Ms. Finle…

Thomas Brown is the author of Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America. He discussed his book with Gregory Downs and Kate Masur, co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era.…

Historians talked about the challenges of interpreting the post-Civil War period in the national parks and about the first Reconstruction-era monument in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Academic and public historians talked about efforts to include the history of Reconstruction in more historic sites and public literature. They described work by the National Park Service an…

Panelists talked about the relationship between historical sites and the Reconstruction. The panel included a history professor, National Park Service historian, and park ranger, each descri…

Gregory Downs talked about the immediate period after Confederate surrender as an extension of wartime and through the lens of occupation. He is the author of After Appomattox: Military Occu…

Gregory Downs talked about the role of Congress following the end of the Civil War. Professor downs said that when Congress met in December of 1865, occupation of the South, resignation of w…

City College of New York professor Gregory Downs talked about the Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War.