Historian of Civil War & Reconstruction. Bicyclist, baker, 3d favorite human of Banjo the dog. Views=mine, repost ≠endorsement
Stephen West
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Now here is a grand juror doing the 5th Amendment proud www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
"Pronoun police"? Please. The proper term is the gendermes.
so excited to share that I contributed to @thenation.com's special issue on America at 250
I wrote about the need to reinterpret the Constitution in light of the unfinished and urgent mission of Reconstruction
here's hoping I did y'all & Frederick Douglass proud 🙏🏾
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
When I had students ask me why they should take US history in college when they took it in high school—“I got a 5 on the AP!”—I would tell them it was because now I could teach them things that they wouldn’t have been allowed to learn in high school because someone’s parents would’ve been mad.
The lost documents are said to include an original 1864 inaugural ball invitation and a letter from Gen. William Sherman about Lincoln's death, written two days after his assassination.
We're now in a downward spiral of partisan (& racial) gerrymandering: TX, then CA, now Southern states like TN and AL.
Is there a way to stop this? In a keynote lecture I gave in February at Loyola Law School, I argue that yes, there is, but the path is narrow.
Just posted to SSRN—
