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American Historical Association @historians.org · 8d

In #AHAPerspectives, Andrew Hardy writes about how he and fellow graduate students at Berkeley have created public walking tours of the university based on original historical research. 🗃️

New Campus Cartographies – AHA

Infusing historical research into walking tours has helped Andrew Hardy and his fellow graduate students remake their campus into a public history site.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 22d

I received great feedback on my Alaska project at BrANCH. I can't wait to get back to writing. Too much stuff has to do first. But, I have clarity.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 28d

London is calling! I am excited to be in community with US & UK scholars at Cardiff for BrANCH 2026. I'm excited to discuss the totality of 19th C US History and present for the first time on my Black Reconstruction in Alaska research. #amwriting

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congratulations! I can't wait to read it!

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yes, I can definitely be persuaded to join. It will be a ton of fun.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Jul 30

As I prepare for an Alaska research trip, I'm wrapping up some campus history research projects and drafting letters of support for T&P and promotions to full. This daily work might seem mundane; however in this current moment, it is so important. Summer break is drawing to a close. #amwriting

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Jun 27

‘Don’t erase me.’ Brevard’s Chapel United Methodist Church, a 150-year-old Black church in Denver, NC, one of the oldest in the state, is threatened with demolition. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

‘Don’t erase me.’ 150-year-old Black church in NC threatened with demolition.

The Methodist Church conference will decide the Lincoln County church’s fate next month.

www.charlotteobserver.com

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · Jun 27

One professor said he canceled a class called “Politics and Poverty” because he was concerned about teaching topics that could be interpreted as violating the law.

Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · Jun 27

Via @alander.bsky.social: Professors and students at the University of Alabama said in federal court Thursday that a 2024 state law banning DEI and so-called “divisive concepts” had chilled academic freedom and thrown funding for student organizations into uncertainty.

University of Alabama system professors, students say state DEI ban hurt classes, activities | Alabama Reflector

Professors and students told a federal court that an anti-DEI law has chilled academic freedom and created funding uncertainty for student organizations.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Jun 25

Chapter submitted. It was my first exploring my Davidson campus history research for an edited volume on campus histories. My chapter focused on two men whose campus ties began in slavery and end with their death in the Jim Crow era. Can't wait for the feedback. #amwriting

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Jun 14

“Toward a new future in civil war memory studies” by @hngreen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... "African Americans defy the traditional scholarly Civil War memory categories...African American porches serve as the entry point for Black Civil War memory" that demand attention.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Sending hugs. I lost Garfield on New Year's Day. The loss of fur kids is just hard. Sending hugs.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 29

For those who could not hear this address in person, here is the published version. Thank you for the amazing editors and team at American Nineteenth Century History and BrANCH!

American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · May 28

An innovative NEW PAPER in ANCH. @hngreen.bsky.social, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College, calls for a new subfield in Civil War memory studies, focusing on the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Toward a new future in civil war memory studies”

This paper calls for the development of new subfield for exploring the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans remembered and commemorated the American Civil War. Afri...

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 29

After a busy APUSH day, I finally had time to read the ECW’s review of my book. I’m beyond grateful for the generous and thoughtful review.
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/05/29/b...

Book Review: Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War - Emerging Civil War

Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War. By Hilary N. Green. New York: Fordham University Press, 2025. Softcover, 400 pp., $35.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott While some st...

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · May 25

Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, the old settlement of Quindaro, was named a National Historic Landmark www.kake.com/news/undergr...

Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, named National Historic Landmark

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, Kansas — once a stop along the Underground Railroad for people escaping slavery and a home to abolitionists during the

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 25

Same here with me.

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · May 25

12 Black Civil War veterans lie at rest in a small glen in Mechanicsburg, PA. Vietnam veterans adopted the historic cemetery to ensure its upkeep. The Mechanicsburg community remembers the #USCT veterans every #MemorialDay. www.kcra.com/article/blac...

Community cared for graves of Black Civil War veterans in 2012

These soldiers deserve respect, and that’s exactly what the community gave them.

www.kcra.com

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 25

Since I'm traveling tomorrow, I post the image used for the cover of Unforgettable Sacrifice. Black communities always remembered the Civil War with parades and other Intergenerational traditions. “Negro G.A.R. veterans parading, New York City, May 30, 1912,” Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-132913.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 24

Good luck! I am making the transition too. I have AP stuff first and then back to finishing up some outstanding short pieces and reviews.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 17

Congratulations and welcome to the ranks! It is so well deserved!

Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 6

Great article about the stakes facing museums and other public entities telling inclusive narratives. Free article for you. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

Trump’s Order to Sanitize Black History Meets Institutional Resistance

www.nytimes.com

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Apr 21

On this day, fifteen years ago, I successfully defended my dissertation. Happy anniversary!

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Apr 19

Excited for this upcoming week. I get to celebrate students on Tuesday. I discuss my book at my favorite DC bookstore on Wednesday. I teach on Thursday. Then I head to Durham for the Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion concert with overworked friends this weekend. Happy Saturday!

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · Apr 14

So excited for this book and for being part the USC Reconstruction Reconsidered series! I can't wait to read it!

Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · Apr 10

I know there’s a lot going on but…

I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social!

Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic...

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Book cover for “The Republican House Divided” by Dr Tim Galsworthy

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Apr 6

American Bar Association: The Importance of Teaching Reconstruction and the Law Today www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/... #TeachReconstruction

The Importance of Teaching Reconstruction and the Law Today

This program will discuss how learning about and teaching Reconstruction provides a new and necessary perspective of the U.S. Constitution, and the social and structural tensions that arise when worki...

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Apr 5

Abraham Lincoln's Forgotten Walk Through Richmond:
A commemoration of Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Navy officers and sailors who walked him through Richmond in April 1865 www.usni.org/magazines/na...

Abraham Lincoln's Forgotten Walk Through Richmond

One hundred sixty years ago

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