Kevin M. Levin
Civil War historian, educator, and public speaker. Author: _Searching For Black Confederates_ https://amzn.to/4c2KSuT. Biography of Robert Gould Shaw forthcoming with UNC Press.
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Does Gettysburg Have a 'Lost Cause Problem'?kevinmlevin.substack.com I didn’t anticipate hitting the computer first thing in the morning to write another post about Gettysburg. Two is enough on any given week, including the week of the anniversary of the battle, but an...
Talking Gettysburg, The Moviekevinmlevin.substack.com Thanks to Jason Herbert for the invitation to appear on his wonderful podcast Historians at the Movies. Many of you are familiar with Jason’s work in which he brings historians together to provide com...
Richmond makes surprising find at desecrated Black cemetery: intact graveswww.washingtonpost.com Richmond’s long-forgotten Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, which dates to 1816, was thought to have been largely destroyed by development.
Does Gettysburg Have a 'Lost Cause Problem'?kevinmlevin.substack.com I didn’t anticipate hitting the computer first thing in the morning to write another post about Gettysburg. Two is enough on any given week, including the week of the anniversary of the battle, but an...
Episode 84: Gettysburg with Kevin Levin, Waitman Beorn, and Rich Condonopen.spotify.com Listen to this episode from Historians At The Movies on Spotify. This week Kevin Levine, Waitman Beorn, and Rich Condon drop in to talk about the most famous battle of the Civil War. We jump into Ted ...
Does Gettysburg Have a 'Lost Cause Problem'?kevinmlevin.substack.com I didn’t anticipate hitting the computer first thing in the morning to write another post about Gettysburg. Two is enough on any given week, including the week of the anniversary of the battle, but an...
Here’s How Joe Biden Channels Lincoln to Secure His Legacynewrepublic.com Making Kamala Harris the president right now would send a powerful message of unity to defeat the poison of MAGA.
A Brief Reflection on This 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburgkevinmlevin.substack.com No one ever just walks the Gettysburg battlefield. Whether they are aware of it or not, visitors bring a good deal of cultural baggage with them that shapes where they visit and spend the most time, w...
Biden to honor Civil War soldiers for wild Georgia train hijackingwww.washingtonpost.com President Biden will present posthumous Medals of Honor to Civil War troops Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for a mission known as the Great Locomotive Chase.
For a second time, Tennessee Historical Commission denies request to remove KKK leader's name from MTSU buildingwpln.org A building at Middle Tennessee State University will continue bearing the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Why getting your book reviewed is so hardopen.substack.com Let's break it down...
Opinion | Red states’ religious mandates for schools ignore basic historywww.msnbc.com The founders wanted religion kept at arm’s length from the government, and vice versa.
Grape & Canister: Gettysburg Anniversary Editionkevinmlevin.substack.com Civil War News, Books, and Videos about Gettysburg and, of course, an Otis pic
<p>Historians' Amicus Brief in <em>Trump v. United States</em></p>www.brennancenter.org A group of 15 founding era historians represented by the Brennan Center and Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman LLP have filed a brief challenging Trump's claim of immunity.
Executive Director of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative Suddenly Resigns | News | The Harvard Crimsonwww.thecrimson.com Executive Director of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative Suddenly Resigns | News | The Harvard Crimson
Reconstruction Era National Historic Network Announces the Addition of Seven New Sites - Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)www.nps.gov