Justene Hill Edwards
@justenehedwards
Associate Professor of History, UVA. Author of "Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank," Oct. 2024, @wwnorton, @McKinnonLit.
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Yale Announces 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists. Congratulations to Kerri Greenidge - Dr. Kerri Greenidge, Sara E Johnson, and Emily A. Owens 📚📚📚 glc.yale.edu/news/yale-anno…
This conversation between Tiya Miles and alexispauline was standing room only at the #NatBookFest! Thanks to BookTV on C-SPAN2, you can tune in here!
In memory of Peter S. Carmichael Gettysburg College, the new fall issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era Journal of CW Era has made the article/transcript of 2023's Fortenbaugh Lecture—which Peter moderated—available to read via Project MUSE without paywall for 90 days. uncpressblog.com/2024/09/03/in-…
"Since Reconstruction times 53,000 Negroes have been killed in the South, & not more than three white men have been convicted & hung for these crimes." -- Robert Smalls, SC Constitutional Convention, #tdih 1895 #TeachReconstruction #Reparations 🧵Read ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc-c…
Learn more about Reconstruction from two Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes this year. Here about the Reconstruction robbery -- the rise and betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank from Justene Hill Edwards Check out her soon to be released book too! ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/the-rise-…
Freedom Was In Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region is out Oct. 1! I'm so excited. This was a hugely collaborative project. First I must mention prize-winning illustrator Liz Clarke; without her I would have been lost. uncpress.org/book/978146968…