On her 200th birthday, Harper’s voice is as urgent now as it was centuries ago — and her vision lives on through The 19th’s HBCU fellowship and other efforts in her name.
This is one of those classes that I just never want to end.
Print ISBN 9780197804490. Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off the hardcover directly from Oxford UP. See global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Join us tonight online at 7:00 PM ET for “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction” with Eric Gardner in conversation with Sherita L. Johnson and Derrick R. Spires. www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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The footnotes I struggled with most in my new book Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Civil War and Reconstruction (#24 & #28) are in Chapter 1, and THAT is the chapter that is currently freely available to everyone. Book info in the comments. See academic.oup.com/book/60645/c...
Print ISBN 9780197804490. Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off the hardcover directly from Oxford UP. Also available online through Oxford Academic. See global.oup.com/academic/pro...
A birthday present for Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s 200th: you can now read Chapter 1 of my new book Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Civil War and Reconstruction online for free for a limited time! Please share widely. Book info in the comments. Check out: academic.oup.com/book/60645/c...
If you need a brief recharge, tune in to C-SPAN2 / American HistoryTV tomorrow afternoon: a rich Nov 2025 program on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper featuring @drkmttr82.bsky.social, Sherita Johnson, & me via @amantiquarian.bsky.social. Harper still has so much to teach! www.c-span.org/event/americ...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is 200 today! @c19americanists.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @ccp-org.bsky.social @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @npr.org She’s just as fabulous, relevant, and fiery now as she was in C19! For a sample, see commonplace.online/article/vol-...
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Harper’s voice is as urgent now as it was centuries ago — and her vision lives on through The 19th’s HBCU fellowship and other efforts in her name.
