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Bleeding Kansas is well known for the violence in the years running up to the Civil War. Here we had the The Texas Troubles. This was a time of panic,…
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Texas joined the Confederacy on March 2, 1861. About 70,000 men from Texas then joined the rebellious fight to preserve slavery. The women who stayed…
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There are at least three public statues of Abraham Lincoln in New York City. Today one could think that New York loved President Lincoln and always have,…
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Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton say the racial unrest in the U.S. since the work first premiered in 2007 forced them to address "changes in the way this country understands itself."
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The debate over flying the Confederate flag has moved to a private cemetery near certain African-American neighborhoods in San Antonio. The Confederate…
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June 19, 1865 Union soldiers landed at Galveston to announce that the war had ended and slaves in the south were free. Since then 43 states and the…
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The justices upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag, rejecting a free-speech challenge.
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This is John Huddleston, the writer and creator of This Week in the Civil War. I want to thank the many professionals at Texas Public Radio for their kind…
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This is John Huddleston. The writer, creator of This Week in the Civil War. Since March of 2011, its been my distinct pleasure to write vignettes on the…
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Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Unionist, vice president, and president after Lincoln’s assassination favored a liberal Reconstruction policy after the war.…