Civil War – The Activist History Review

by Editorial Board August 21, 2017 1

August 2017

No Country for Johnny Reb or Bobby Lee

Removal without consideration of the historical context that led to their placement and the social wounds inflicted by white supremacy that are continually reopened in communities around the nation does nothing to resolve structural racism and heal those wounds.

by Editorial Board August 11, 2017 0

August 2017

Review: The Crisis of Union, Unit 3 of Joyce Appleby’s The American Vision

The unit maintains the standard politico-centric narrative traditional to the Civil War era. Published in 2010, this narrative arc ignores or underemphasizes intriguing historiographic contributions exploring such issues as social changes on the home front, the divided nature of Southern society, and the significance of guerrilla warfare, especially along the border between North and South.

by Editorial Board March 17, 2017 1

March 2017

Kiss Me I’m Irish: St. Patrick’s Day and Irish-American Identity

Growing up in an Irish Catholic family, my family embodies many of the stereotypes one thinks of around St. Patrick’s Day. The cousins Patrick and Danny Boy. The fond childhood memories of pubs and Irish music, most often played by a family friend who immigrated to the United States and became, you guessed it, a police officer.