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Da Capo: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution
Da Capo: America’s Unfinished Revolution by R.E. Prindle http://contemporarynotes.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/greil-marcus-bob-dylan-bill-ayers-barry-obama/ http://idynamo.wordpress.com/2008/03/… more →
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Da Capo: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution
wrote 4 months ago: Da Capo: America’s Unfinished Revolution by R.E. Prindle http://contemporarynotes.wordpress … more →
History Buzz May 11, 2009: Professor Runs for President of Sudan & Obama's History Budget
wrote 8 months ago: HISTORY BUZZ: POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS: This Week’s Political Highlights May 4, 2009: President Ob … more →
Mr. D's History Bookshelf # 1 - Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877
wrote 8 months ago: As a social studies teacher, I am often asked to provide resources on particular subjects. More oft … more →
History Buzz April 20, 2009: Did Lincoln Have Cancer?
wrote 8 months ago: HISTORY BUZZ: POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS: This Week’s Political Highlights April 13, 2009: The Obama … more →
Eric Foner Lectures on Lincoln and Slavery
wrote 9 months ago: Anyone studying 19th century American history will likely have read Eric Foner. WGBH Forum Network p … more →
Strategic Publishing Initiatives: Flat World Knowledge
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wrote 10 months ago: Week before last it was time for the annual Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) Con … more →
Freedmen's Bureau Reports for Page County
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wrote 10 months ago: In searching the Valley of the Shadow website, more can be found than simply information about Frank … more →
Two Birthdays
wrote 10 months ago: Two hundred years ago on February 12, two extraordinary men were born. One on the American frontier … more →
Abraham Lincoln & Nikki Giovanni (On Poets & Presidents)
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wrote 10 months ago: Nikki Giovanni At The Fitzgerald Theater, along with MPR host, Kerri Miller, St. Paul, Minnesota, Ja … more →
Happy Birthday Nit & Wit...and Abe Too! Finally Quiet
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wrote 10 months ago: If you Haven’t Been to the Lincoln Memorial, You Need To Another Good Excuse For This Photo Hi … more →
The Cycles of History: The Panic of 1857
wrote 1 year ago: Interesting insights this morning from Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republic … more →
Campaign Highlights: Obama Completes his Cabinet "A Team of Rivals"
wrote 1 year ago: POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH: Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times AT HIS RIGHT HAND Ba … more →
Obama Leans On Lincoln In Preparation For the Presidency
wrote 1 year ago: As Barack Obama prepares to become the country’s 44th president, much of his political philoso … more →
November 14, 2008: The Obama Transition Continues, Bipartisanship & the Historical Moment
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wrote 1 year ago: POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH: (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Stats: A timeline of th … more →
Antebellum America Course Underway, New Books
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wrote 1 year ago: Class has started, Antebellum America. Books have been added to the reading list, some familiar and … more →
Historian Eric Foner On Today’s Economy
wrote 1 year ago: Der Spiegel did an interesting interview with historian Eric Foner recently and asked for his educat … more →
Creation Story Of Reconstruction Era Blacks
wrote 1 year ago: Below is a creation story as told by black preachers in Reconstruction era America. It comes from th … more →
China, Slavery And The American Middle Class
wrote 1 year ago: China, Slavery And The American Middle Class by R.E. Prindle Slavery has always existed in … more →
Howard Zinn: maybe American history is not so nice after all...
wrote 1 year ago: A colleague sent us a link to a series of videos posted by MIT about American political culture. Myt … more →
