Século 20 (até 1945)

How the Confederate capital’s citizens, white and Black, faced their future in the wake of Union victory In April 1865, the Civil War that had consumed the lives of the residents of Richmond, Virgini …

Deepens our understanding of Black women’s anti-rape activism by attending to how their tactics shifted in response to the federal War on Crime Beginning in the 1970s, a series of government agencies …

A defining figure of the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis led the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, shaping its policies and struggling to secure its independence. Speeches of the Honorable Je …

The story of how an Italian American housewife and community organizer battled a Brooklyn Mafia boss and political activist for the hearts and minds of a white working class in revolt. This is the tr …

‘Memoirs of General William T. Sherman’ is a seminal autobiographical work written by the American Civil War general himself, William Tecumseh Sherman. Published in 1875, this memoir provides a capti …

‘Bronson Alcott’s Fruitlands, ‘ compiled by Clara Endicott Sears, provides a captivating portrayal of the experimental utopian community founded by Amos Bronson Alcott in 1843. Authored by Louisa May …

A radical retelling of the drama of emancipation, from New York Times bestselling author and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Zoellner is a beautiful writer, a superb reporter, and a …

The Galveston Campaigns were a series of naval and overland battles that pitted Confederate General John B. Magruder and his often-improvised Confederate forces against General Nathaniel P. Banks and …

The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson took place in February of 1862 and were early indicators of the success the US would have in the Civil War’s Western Theater. Due to Kentucky’s neutrality at t …