by drkeithcox | Jul 19, 2023 | History Matters
Image: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Discussing Emancipation. 1942-1943 Hale Woodruff When examining the subject of racism within the context of North American slavery, it is necessary to make a couple of crucial distinctions. First, we must differentiate...
by drkeithcox | Nov 24, 2022 | History Matters
Abraham Lincoln Proclamation 118—Thanksgiving Day, 1864 October 20, 1864 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year, defending us with His guardian care against unfriendly...
by drkeithcox | Oct 31, 2022 | _externaldispatch
Ted Kennedy Had a Chance to Hold Nixon Accountable. Why Didn’t He?Senator George McGovern and his staff were desperate as the Democrats slogged into the final weeks of his 1972 campaign against President Richard Nixon. The Democratic Party was broke, dispirited...
by drkeithcox | Jul 4, 2022 | History Matters
On this day of celebrating our independence, I think it is well to remember its cost. The men who led what the Declaration calls the “united States” (note the capitalization) into rebellion pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to...
by drkeithcox | May 30, 2022 | History Matters
Death of a Pennsylvania Soldier Walt Whitman (1819-1892) FromThe Civil War: The Final Year Told by Those Who Lived It The following introduction is adapted from headnotes that appear in The Civil War: The Second Year (edited by Stephen W. Sears) and The Civil War: The...
