Now that my biography of Robert Gould Shaw is available for pre-order, I am beginning to organize a book tour beginning in late September. My calendar is already beginning to fill up. I would love to speak in your community. Let's start the conversation. cwmemory.com/events/

Not sure whether this is apt or terrible timing but here’s the official cover of my book due out with @uncpress.bsky.social W. Hodding Carter III imprint this fall. 🎉

Happy book birthday to Scars on the Land (2022) and Raising the White Flag (2019)! Is an April Fools Day release date a reflection on my scholarship?

Perplexed that there is so little public discourse/enthusiasm/criticism of tomorrow’s moon launch

Publication Day! Very excited!

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about birthright citizenship. Here, for the NYTimes and with Kate Masur, I offer a view of what those of you who think historically should be listening for. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

On March 12, dozens of community members gathered outside the old courthouse in the center of Fayetteville, Georgia, to dedicate a historical marker recognizing at least seven victims of racial terror lynching in Fayette County.

Their Ancestor Was an Enslaved Potter. They Are Battling to Recover His Legacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/a...

The postie delivered two goodies today. The 250 vol will be published on April 3. The paperback of Rev Friendship will appear on May 5.

Blueskis, THE WESTERNERS Book Tour has begun! It has been wonderful to introduce readers to the remarkable women and men I have been researching and writing about for three years. If I am coming to your town and you can make the event, please let me know!

Truly happy to reveal the cover of AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America. Available for preorder now!🙏♥️ read.macmillan.com/lp/an-inconv...

Here's my review of @historianheather.bsky.social's excellent new book FEAR AND FURY in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Many thanks to Meagan Day for the edits, and many thanks to Heather for writing yet another monumentally important book.🗃️ jacobin.com/2026/03/goet...

Pauli Murray was among the first to theorize that the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under law could be used not only to challenge laws that discriminated based on race, but also on sex. Their legacy lives on during Women's History Month and every month.

For us in the present, runaway advertisements offer windows into the lives of the enslaved. For 19th century abolitionists, these advertisements exposed the absurdity of human bondage. Check out @adamrothman.bsky.social excellent new article for the JAH: academic.oup.com/jah/article-...

Looking forward to launching this collection by @uvapress.bsky.social at Mount Vernon on April 16. www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

Unboxing a book that took 16 years. What’s it about, who is it for? How to order? www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati... want 🎧 to Dahlia Lithwick interview me about it? Fresh podcast below 👇🏽/

Still time to apply!

Article submitted. Now for spring break.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Check out my essay about my great-grandfather, Confederate surgeon Hunter Holmes McGuire. His monument in Richmond is slated to come down. I’m Ok with it. #CivilWar #monuments #Virginia #medicalhistory open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Wrote a referee's report for a tier-one journal. No acknowledgement, let alone a thank you. Unpaid labor keeps peer-review afloat. Don't ask me again.

Alexa repeatedly gets my wife’s name wrong, referring to her as a state famous for potatoes rather than her charming 19th century name. We’ve corrected Alexa many times and she promises never to do it again.

This thread! THE WESTERNERS is out in 3 1/2 weeks, and I will be posting about it quite a lot between now and then. Vigorous self-promotion is expected now, and is pretty much a part-time job for all nonfiction authors closing in on pub day. So please like and repost, and help spread the word! 🐝

We're hiring a VAP in US Legal History. Please share widely: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69845/u...

We're hiring a VAP in US Legal History. Please share widely: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69845/u...

James Teernon escaped from his enslaver in November 1760 and joined the crew of the Dragon. But the Dragon was a slave ship. The runaway was finding freedom for himself aboard a ship bound for Africa. Read Simon Newman’s incredible recovery of James’ story: freedom-seekers.org/story/james-...

For #WomensHistoryMonth, check out Lorri Glover's #2025SHA presidential address in the February 2026 JSH: "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

What a pleasure to talk to @rickbell.bsky.social about THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social). Hear how he thought about structure and character in a book of such scope--and how it all started in bars and nursing homes. tinyurl.com/rickbell #writinghistory 🗃️

Our American History Sales starts today! Save 30% plus get free shipping on orders over $75 📚 Browse American History titles 👇 uncpress.org/american-his...

Not a good sign when the Boy Scouts discontinue the Citizenship badge www.scouting.org/program-upda...

SCWH OFFERS FREE PUBLIC HISTORY CONFERENCE REGISTRATION If you are a continent faculty member, a public historian, library, NPS, or other professional that cannot receive funding to attend our conference, we will waive your registration fee. scwh.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

The Boston Massacre began with bystanders throwing snowballs at British soldiers.

“What Is To Be Done: Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis” is available online now here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56406 Thanks to UNC press, the full issue will be available for a short time without paywall.

a great listen @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Teaching and learning are based on trust. I trust that my students want to learn and are doing their best. They trust that I want them to succeed and will do what I can to help them. Everything about AI undermines that trust.

Jessica Chopin Roney will take over after the Library Company of Philadelphia merges with Temple University. She has existing ties to both institutions.

Americans have forgotten that winning is probably not in the top ten benefits of youth sports. I’d rank learning how to lose much higher than winning.

Quite proud of my @boapublishing.bsky.social Document of the Week - one of many pamphlets debating tensions with America pre-independence in 1776. This one has the jazzy title “Shall I Go To War With My American Brethren?” Great for the 250th anniversary britishonlinearchives.com/posts/catego...

Now available for free! Please check out this important special issue. Now more than ever, the Civil War era provides us with important lessons for our harrowing current moment

What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social. 18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇 muse.jhu.edu/journal/516

'I Felt All This' has a cover, and CUP have done such a wonderful job! Keep an eye out - it's being published in June.

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Join us for the 2026 Fennell Lecture by Prof. Greg Grandin from Yale, discussing 'Zombie Monroe: How America First's nationalism shifts towards Latin America.' Secure your free tickets at edin.ac/4qyeI0t. #History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

I am speechless. "The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...

Be sure to check out Christina Snyder's, McCabe Greer Professor of the American Civil War Era, article in The Economist

I'm a huge fan of Claudio Saunt's project on land claims and treaties and cessions that is so revelatory in its scope-- pic 1 is 1776, pic 2 is 1876. Blue is Indian homelands, gray is unceded territory, red is reservations. usg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

Last year during Black History Month, I resolved to make one Wikipedia edit per day on a related subject, and I wrote about why. I’m going to try for that pace again this year. I started with a few updates to the page on Lawrence Reddick.