Spotlight on: Primary Source A Civil War soldier’s satirical take on the news, 1863 Art, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Between battles, marches, and military exercises, Civil War soldiers spent their free time in camp playing music, writing and reading letters, and, for those with the skill, sketching scenes from the day. This unknown soldier’s...
History Now Essay African American Religious Leadership and the Civil Rights Movement Clarence Taylor Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Clarence Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Modern African American History, Religion, and Civil Rights at Baruch College, The City University of New York. His books include The Black Churches of Brooklyn (1994), Knocking at Our Own Door... Appears in: 8 | The Civil Rights Movement Summer 2006 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
History Now Essay Women and the Home Front: New Civil War Scholarship Catherine Clinton Art, Literature 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the 1960s the image of Scarlett O’Hara standing before a Technicolor-drenched panorama from Gone With the Wind (1939) was still firmly planted within the imagination of the American public as a symbol of women on the Civil War home... Appears in: 26 | New Interpretations of the Civil War Winter 2010