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Category Archives: Current Events
[Note: 2020 has rapidly become a “Year of Discontent” in the United States. The coronavirus–and our government’s seeming inability, or unwillingness, to bring it under control–has produced much of the pervasive anger and frustration currently testing the strengths of the … Continue reading
4th of July Oratory in Antebellum Georgia–In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 32
4th of July Oration, Hawkinsville, Georgia, 1838—Dr. William Germany (excerpts) [Milledgeville Federal Union, August 14, 1838] [Note: Over the past few years, I have tried to show how Georgians celebrated the Fourth of July before the Civil War. (See, for … Continue reading
Posted in 4th of July, American History, American Revolution, Colonial Georgia, Current Events, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, American Revolution in Georgia, education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History, WP Longform
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The “Lost Cause,” and Frederick Douglass’s Response: Teaching Civil Rights, 13
[Note: Here we are near the end of the second decade of the twentieth-first century, and we as a nation are still arguing about statues to Confederate leaders, generic marble remembrances of the “Confederate Soldier,” and other public efforts to … Continue reading
Posted in ""state rights", Age of Jim Crow, American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Education, Historical Reflection, History, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged "Frederick Douglass" (2018), Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Civil Rights Movement, David W. Blight, education, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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A Post for the Fourth of July in Georgia, 2019
Those of you who follow this blog know that I have a fondness for “annual” posts. One of my favorite holidays is Independence Day, because it gives me a chance to assess how the nation’s seminal holiday has been celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in 4th of July, American History, Current Events, History, Popular Culture, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Uncategorized
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, American Revolution in Georgia, Fourth of July celebrations, Georgia and the American Revolution, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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Polishing the “Marble Man”: Reflections on Douglas Southall Freeman’s “R.E. Lee” (4 vols., 1934-1935)
[NOTE: I never intended to read Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning four-volume biography of Robert E. Lee. After all, in grad school one of my professors dismissed Freeman’s effort out of hand, remarking that Freeman’s Lee would have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, Books, Civil War, Current Events, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Research, Retirement, Shelby Foote, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged "R.E. Lee", Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Douglas Southall Freeman, Historical Reflection, history, Southern History
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“My people, yes!”
A Review of: Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Old History of Class in America. New York: Penguin Books, 2016. [NOTE: Like J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy (2016), Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, had … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Historical Reflection, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Popular Culture, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Reflection, history, Interdisciplinary Work, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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“The Gathering”: Leadership Retreat Devotional, 1999 (Be True to Your School, 6)
[NOTE: During the 1999-2000 school year, I served as Interim Chair of the History Department at Atlanta’s Finest Prep School (AFPS). This assignment meant, among other things, that I was once again “in the administrative loop,” whether I wished to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Education, Historical Reflection, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, memoir, Popular Culture, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Retirement, Sun Belt, Teaching, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, education, Historical Reflection, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Religion, Retirement, Teaching, Teaching History
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Midterm Elections, 1866, 2018: Deja Vu (Sort of)
[NOTE: Followers of this blog know that I usually eschew contemporary politics here, but there have been a few exceptions (for example, here and here). And, here’s another one. First, some background. When I was in History graduate school (1968-1973), the … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, Books, Current Events, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, History Teaching, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's "swing around the circle" (1866), Current Events, Donald Trump, Gilded Age, Mid-term elections, Richard White, The Republic for Which it Stands
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My Brother, the Writer: Act 2
A Review of Rick Lamplugh, Deep into Yellowstone: A Year’s Immersion in Grandeur & Controversy (2017). Available at amazon.com in both paperback and e-book formats. Several years ago, I reviewed my younger brother Rick’s book, In the Temple of Wolves … Continue reading
Posted in "In The Temple of Wolves", Books, Current Events, family history, Historical Reflection, memoir, Research, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Uncategorized, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, history, In The Temple of Wolves, Rick Lamplugh; Yellowstone National Park; Basic review of 5tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttgggggggggggggggggggggggggggg bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb, wolves
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History, Family, and Memory in the Jim Crow South: Comparisons and Contrasts (Teaching Civil Rights, 8)
[NOTE: Both during my teaching career and since I retired from the classroom, I have been fascinated by the history of the Civil Rights Movement. I decided early on that, if my students were to understand the accomplishments of the … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, family history, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, memoir, Prince Edward County Virginia, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, Civil Rights Movement, education, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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