Interview: Crystal Feimster

Kidada and Crystal discuss what it means to study the Civil War today, as well as how their work as African American women is helping to disrupt the myth that the Civil War and Reconstruction are histories that belong to white men. View Transcript Kidada Williams: Hi...

A Powerful Black Hand

Black Americans were eager to lend their resources to the Union cause from the onset of the Civil War, and called on generals and government officials to allow them to enlist. While that call was initially rejected, the Union eventually changed their stance and agreed...

Time For A New Story

View Transcript Kidada Williams: On January 6, 2021, a white mob egged on by the sitting President attempted to overthrow American democracy by storming the Capitol building in Washington DC. For many Americans, it was… News Tape: (montage of reporters calling...