History Archives – Page 2 of 3 – Scalawag

Rebellion on the Coast: Louisiana artists reenact Black armed resistance

by Frances Madeson April 14, 2020September 16, 2020

Paying homage to the Black Women icons of Ebony and Jet Magazine

by Ming Joi March 27, 2020September 16, 2020

Black educators' harrowing tales of Reconstruction come to life in 'The Uninvited'

by Frances Madeson March 13, 2020September 16, 2020

Slave rebellion replaces Confederate reenactments. Watch now.

by Tricia Towey January 29, 2020October 1, 2020

1619-2019

by Danielle Purifoy January 22, 2020October 1, 2020

During Civil Rights Era, Native American Communities in the South Armed Themselves Against the Klan

by Malinda Maynor Lowery January 20, 2020July 20, 2021

Finding the thread: The tradition of African-American quilting

by Ellison Langford December 16, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

The myth and reincarnation of John Wilkes Booth

by Kelly Catalfamo October 30, 2019September 16, 2020

A Black kingdom in postbellum Appalachia

by Danielle Dulken September 9, 2019October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

Acts of remembrance

by Danielle Purifoy September 2, 2019September 16, 2020

The Departed and Dismissed of Richmond

by Samantha Willis August 5, 2019October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

The Story of John H. Merrick and the Largest Black Life Insurance Company in the U.S.

by Imari Scarbrough July 22, 2019September 16, 2020

On archiving and honoring Virginia's long gay histories

by Tiffany Stevens March 18, 2019October 1, 2020

Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power

by Kenyatta R. Gilbert February 9, 2019April 7, 2021

Blind Spots: Selective Memory in Brazilian and U.S. Histories

by Andrew Jenner June 25, 2018October 1, 2020

Who will speak for Alabama's ghosts?

by Christine Folch May 11, 2018October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

Talking about mass shootings involves silence about American history

by Brandon R. Byrd April 13, 2018October 27, 2020

Mississippi's truth-telling new museum

by Ellen Ann Fentress December 22, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Flora Crater, Southern state politics, and the ERA

by Matthew Braswell September 19, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

The massacre men

by David Forbes July 27, 2017September 16, 2020

I want the world to know about this place

by Kari Mugo July 9, 2017October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

Atlanta and the politics of the losing South

by Robert Greene June 18, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Review: In Blue Texas, all that is old is new again

by Sammy Feldblum May 2, 2017October 27, 2020

Southern Politics

What kind of landscapes should we build in the South?

by Kofi Boone March 23, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Here are the freedom songs of the Movement for Black Lives

by Willie Jamaal Wright February 9, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

The South knows about White backlash. Here's what Reconstruction can teach us about today's crisis.

by David Eil February 1, 2017January 6, 2021

Southern Politics

Why are dinosaurs fighting Confederate soldiers in Virginia?

by Collin Whitt January 5, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Which Civil War will Richmond choose to remember?

by Michael Fraade December 1, 2016September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Who gets to be remembered in Chapel Hill?

by Jonathan Michels October 8, 2016December 3, 2020

Review: Class war and the Confederacy in "Free State of Jones"

by Cedric Johnson October 6, 2016October 1, 2020