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President Garfield by C. W. Goodyear - a Review

President Garfield by C. W. Goodyear - a Review

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisDecember 23, 2023James Garfield, POTUS, President of the United States, Civil War, Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Reform, Civil Service, Republican Party, Stalwarts, Half-Breeds, politics, reconciliation, 19th century, US HistoryComment

Rebels L.A. - Joseph LeConte

Rebels L.A. - Joseph LeConte

Rebels L.A., Los AngelesKeith HarrisOctober 17, 2020Joseph LeConte, Stephen Hood, Savas Beatie, Los Angeles, Confederate, Reconstruction, Science, Sierra Club, Hollywood, Rebel, Racism, Scientific Racism, Joseph LeConte Junior High School, Joseph LeConte Middle School, Fountain Blvd.Comment

Stony the Road

Stony the Road

Black people - their voices, their aspiration, their actions - take center stage in Gates’s book, and rightfully so.

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisOctober 28, 2019Stony the Road, Henry Louis Gates, KKK, The Birth of, Racism, Reconstruction, books, Scientific Racism, Racist, White americaComment

The Things we Didn't Learn About Reconstruction

The Things we Didn't Learn About Reconstruction

EducationKeith HarrisFebruary 12, 2018Education, High School, Teachers, US History, Reconstruction, Civil War, US History SurveyComment

Buy the Book with the Inscription

Buy the Book with the Inscription

AcademiaKeith HarrisJanuary 27, 2018UCLA, Branierd Dyer, Historians, history, civil war, Reconstruction, Used books, History professor, alma mater

A Letter from a Freedman to his Former Master

ReconstructionKeith HarrisFebruary 13, 2016freedmen, Reconstruction, slavery Comments

The Reconstruction Era from Keith Harris History

HarristorianKeith HarrisJanuary 21, 2016#harristorian, American history, APUSH, history student, keith harris history, online instruction, Reconstruction, unfinished revolution, US History, us history survey, web coursesComment

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar Acceptance Speech

FilmKeith HarrisJanuary 16, 2016Academy Awards, Civil War film, Film, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, historical memory, Hollywood, Reconstruction Comment

Racism in Reconstruction Politics

Racism in Reconstruction Politics

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJanuary 2, 2016APUSH, politics, racism, ReconstructionComment

Ticket Coolness

Ticket Coolness

Office HoursKeith HarrisDecember 27, 2015Andrew Johnson, impeachment, POTUS, Reconstruction, washington dcComment

Plantation Stereotypes in The Birth of a Nation

FilmKeith HarrisSeptember 16, 2015Civil War, D- W- Griffith, Film, Lost Cause, mythology, Plantation, Reconstruction, slavery, The Birth of a Nation Comments

The Americanist Independent - Volume Two, Issue One

Americanist IndependentKeith HarrisAugust 3, 2015American Sniper, Confederate battle flag, Delta blues, Historical fiction, hsitorical film, journal, Reconstruction, US HistoryComment

Thomas Dixon - A Question

LiteratureKeith HarrisFebruary 5, 2015Civil War, Culture, D- W- Griffith, literature, Reconstruction, The Birth of a Nation, Thomas DixonComment

Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles

Los AngelesKeith HarrisJanuary 8, 2015Civil War, Clune's, D- W- Griffith, Film, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Reconstruction Comment

Harper's Weekly and the Bloody Shirt

ReconciliationKeith HarrisApril 18, 2014Abraham Lincoln, election of 1872, Harper's Weekly, Horace Greely, John Wilkes Booth, Reconciliation, ReconstructionComment

A Word or Two about the Los Angeles Premiere of The Birth of a Nation

FilmKeith HarrisMarch 25, 2014Civil War film, D- W- Griffith, Film, KKK, Reconstruction, The Birth of a Nation, The Clansman Comments

Memory and Popular Culture

popular cultureKeith HarrisJanuary 6, 2014CIvil War in film, D- W- Griffith, popular culture, Reconstruction, South Carolina, The Birth of a NationComment