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Using the WPA "Slave Narratives" in the High School Classroom

Using the WPA "Slave Narratives" in the High School Classroom

Ask Dr- Harris, Education, SlaveryKeith HarrisJuly 5, 2021Slave Narratives, WPA, New Deal, SLavery, Jim Crow, In the classroom, teach history Comments

Two New Books on Civil War Naval Operations!

Two New Books on Civil War Naval Operations!

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJune 21, 2021Savas Beatie, Civil War, Navy, CS Navy, US Navy, New Orleans, 1862, Hampton Roads, Monitor v. Virginia, CSS Virginia, USS MonitorComment

Ty Seidule Was Duped. And He's Pissed About It

Ty Seidule Was Duped. And He's Pissed About It

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisApril 12, 2021Robert E. Lee, Ty Seidule, West Point, Lost Cause, Mythology, Segregation, white supremacy, Monuments, Confederate, CSA, Rebel, Alabama, Virginia, ANV

Gettysburg Monuments - The 54th New York

Gettysburg Monuments - The 54th New York

GettysburgKeith HarrisApril 1, 2021Gettysburg, Monument, Civil War monuments, monument dedications, battlefield, new York, 54th New York InfantryComment

On the Emancipation Statue in Boston

On the Emancipation Statue in Boston

MonumentsKeith HarrisDecember 30, 2020Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Boston, Emancipation, Freedom MemorialComment

Gettysburg Monuments - The 13th New Jersey

Gettysburg Monuments - The 13th New Jersey

GettysburgKeith HarrisNovember 30, 2020Union, Civil War, Gettysburg, Monumnets, New Jersey, 13th new jersey, Federals, VeteransComment

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

Beyond the Confederacy - A Review of Patriots Twice

Beyond the Confederacy - A Review of Patriots Twice

The Part of the Alexander Stephens’s Cornerstone Speech that (Usually) Doesn't Get Quoted

The Part of the Alexander Stephens’s Cornerstone Speech that (Usually) Doesn't Get Quoted

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisOctober 9, 2020Confederate, Alexander Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, CSA, rebel, Georgia, white supremacy, racism, constitution, principles Comments

A Nod to Military History and Teaching the Civil War

A Nod to Military History and Teaching the Civil War

Military HistoryKeith HarrisSeptember 9, 2020Civil War, History, Military, veterans Comments

Advice for the Fall Semester, 2020 Edition

Advice for the Fall Semester, 2020 Edition

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisAugust 24, 2020academic year, historiography, class of 2021, school, high school, history teacherComment

War and the Natural World - Thoughts on An Environmental History of the Civil War by Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver

War and the Natural World - Thoughts on An Environmental History of the Civil War by Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJune 15, 2020Book reviews, environmental history, Judkin Browning, Timothy silver, Civil War, poop, animalsComment

Thinking about History and Memory - Not Even Past by Cody Marrs

Thinking about History and Memory - Not Even Past by Cody Marrs

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisMay 30, 2020Civil War, Civil War memory, Memory Studies, Cody Marrs, Confederate Monuments, Rebels, Union Cause, AbolitionComment

The Indian Nations in the Civil War: My Thoughts on Caught in the Maelstrom by Clint Crowe

The Indian Nations in the Civil War: My Thoughts on Caught in the Maelstrom by Clint Crowe

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisMay 25, 2020Native Americans, Native American History, Civil War, Trans-Mississippi Theater, Mississippi River, Stand Watie, Ely Parker, Choctaw, Cherokee, Race, Race and American History, Southern History, CSA, Union, ACW Comments

Students' Reflections and the Global Pandemic

Students' Reflections and the Global Pandemic

Los Angeles, MemoryKeith HarrisApril 13, 2020COVID-19, Carona virus, high school, reflections, teach history, journals, Pandemic, crisis, 2020, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, safe at home, ZoomComment

The Feelings of Captivity - A Review of Living by Inches by Evan A. Kutzler

The Feelings of Captivity - A Review of Living by Inches by Evan A. Kutzler

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJanuary 20, 2020Prisoner of War, Evan Kutzler, Civil War Prisons, Civil War, Soldiers, Common soldiers, Andersonville, elmira, atrocities narrative, sensory experiencesComment

On the New Cambridge History of the Civil War...an Opening Salvo

On the New Cambridge History of the Civil War...an Opening Salvo

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJanuary 1, 2020Civil War, anthology, History books, Historiography, essays, collection of essays, Aaron sheehan-dean, book reviews, the rogue historian, American Civil War, US History, American HistoryComment

The Rogue Historian Podcast - The Year in Review...Highlights of 2019

The Rogue Historian Podcast - The Year in Review...Highlights of 2019

Hey all - so I am very happy to end 2019 on a positive note with my podcast, The Rogue Historian. It’s been a fantastic year..and the show has grown a great deal - thanks to listeners such as yourself.

The Rogue HistorianKeith HarrisDecember 30, 2019The Rogue Historian, Podcast, Civil War, History, Historians, scholarship, debate and discourse, methodology, twitter, 2019, year in review, highlights, blogingComment

An American Ideal and the American Law - Thoughts on The Second Founding by Eric Foner

An American Ideal and the American Law - Thoughts on The Second Founding by Eric Foner

Foner notes the flaws of the Reconstruction Amendments but lauds the Second Founding as a praiseworthy legal accomplishment in terms of moving towards realizing ideals

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisDecember 1, 2019Eric Foner, Slavery, 13th amendment, 14th amendment, 15 amendment, reconstruction, civil war, civil rights, legislation, constitutionComment

The Reverse Underground Railroad

The Reverse Underground Railroad

Richard Bell’s new book is a beautifully crafted narrative tracing the story of five young boys - free African Americans from Philadelphia - who were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1820s

Book ReviewsKeith HarrisNovember 16, 2019Slavery, Ira Berlin, Reverse Underground Railroad, Kidbappers, Philadelphia, Philly, Solomon Northup, 12 years a slave, Slavers, Slaveholders, free blacks, African American historyComment