Kevin M. Levin
@civilwarmemory.bsky.social
I am a NJ born and Boston-based Civil War historian and speaker. Author of numerous books and articles, including "Searching for Black Confederates" (2019). More details at cwmemory.com
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Here in Boston, the Black community threatened violence after learning that promoters of "BIRTH OF A NATION planned to stage a reenactment on Boston Common featuring men wearing Klan robes. This was to occur just steps away from the Shaw-54th Massachusetts Monument.
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here in Boston, the Black community threatened violence after learning that promoters of "BIRTH OF A NATION planned to stage a reenactment on Boston Common featuring men wearing Klan robes. This was to occur just steps away from the Shaw-54th Massachusetts Monument.
I really need to read this one.
Why do we have the green card lottery? As with every aspect of US immigration, there is a history, a complicated one. Here's the @carlygoodman.bsky.social award winning book you need for that.
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I really need to read this one.
This is one hell of a headline.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is one hell of a headline.
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The Republican House Divided
How the Republican Party transformed from the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Lee The Republican House Divided is the first comprehensive study of the relationships between the Republ…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And if you are still looking for the perfect holiday gift, my book "The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP" is available with a 50% discount from @uscpress.bsky.social! 🗃️
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As the final book in our spotlight on Civil War History, we have BLACK AMERICANS IN MOURNING by Leonne M. Hudson! Use code HOLIDAY to get 40% off on your purchase at siupress.com now through January 31, 2026!
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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As the final book in our spotlight on Civil War History, we have BLACK AMERICANS IN MOURNING by Leonne M. Hudson! Use code HOLIDAY to get 40% off on your purchase at siupress.com now through January 31, 2026!
https://www.siupress.com/9780809339549/black-americans-in-mourning/
https://www.siupress.com/9780809339549/black-americans-in-mourning/
This looks interesting.
Coming February 3, 2026: My book "Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America." It looks at two centuries of U.S. history through the eyes of my family, starting with a great-great-grandfather who freed himself before the Civil War. To learn more and preorder: bit.ly/FreedomLostF...
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This looks interesting.
I always understood the Kennedy Center to be a monument to President Kennedy. Will a bust of Trump be placed next to Kennedy in the large hall? Are we now at the stage where Trump just changes the names of other monuments in DC like the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument?
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I always understood the Kennedy Center to be a monument to President Kennedy. Will a bust of Trump be placed next to Kennedy in the large hall? Are we now at the stage where Trump just changes the names of other monuments in DC like the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument?
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My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
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December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
Today's bass cover was pretty straightforward, but so satisfying to play. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnc2...
Right Down the Line
YouTube video by Gerry Rafferty - Topic
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December 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today's bass cover was pretty straightforward, but so satisfying to play. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnc2...
This looks really interesting.
Ed Hagerty's definitive biography of Richard Anderson just hit the warehouse and can be purchased from @uscpress.bsky.social Anderson's war spanned firing on Ft. Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox--the whole career of Confederate cause can be assessed through his life. #CivilWarHistory #AmHist
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This looks really interesting.
If you squint your eyes ever so slightly you might just mistake the presidential portraits and bronze-framed plaques as a serious historical display. Then you remember that this is Trump’s White House. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/restoring-...
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump
If you squint your eyes ever so slightly you might just mistake the presidential portraits and bronze-framed plaques as a serious historical display.
kevinmlevin.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you squint your eyes ever so slightly you might just mistake the presidential portraits and bronze-framed plaques as a serious historical display. Then you remember that this is Trump’s White House. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/restoring-...
One of his advisers must have told him about the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise.
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of his advisers must have told him about the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise.
Really enjoyed this presentation by Stephen Berry about Prince Rivers. He makes a very compelling point and one that we tend to overlook that the reason white Southerners leveraged so many resources against Reconstruction was because it was working. 🗃️
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
Formerly Enslaved Man's Union Army Service
University of Georgia professor Stephen Berry discussed Prince Rivers, once an enslaved carriage driver in South Carolina, who became one of the first men to join and one of the last to leave service ...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Really enjoyed this presentation by Stephen Berry about Prince Rivers. He makes a very compelling point and one that we tend to overlook that the reason white Southerners leveraged so many resources against Reconstruction was because it was working. 🗃️
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
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'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump
If you squint your eyes ever so slightly you might just mistake the presidential portraits and bronze-framed plaques as a serious historical display.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump
If you squint your eyes ever so slightly you might just mistake the presidential portraits and bronze-framed plaques as a serious historical display.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,' According to Donald Trump 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Well, that's enough of that.
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Well, that's enough of that.
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What are the odds that Trump falls asleep tonight during his address to the nation?
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What are the odds that Trump falls asleep tonight during his address to the nation?
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After reading this story, I immediately thought of the historical plaque that Trump placed on his Virginia golf course, which told the story of a fictional Civil War battle. This is the same guy who criticizes Smithsonian and NPS staff for distorting history. 😆 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
After reading this story, I immediately thought of the historical plaque that Trump placed on his Virginia golf course, which told the story of a fictional Civil War battle. This is the same guy who criticizes Smithsonian and NPS staff for distorting history. 😆 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After reading this story, I immediately thought of the historical plaque that Trump placed on his Virginia golf course, which told the story of a fictional Civil War battle. This is the same guy who criticizes Smithsonian and NPS staff for distorting history. 😆 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
After reading this story, I immediately thought of the historical plaque that Trump placed on his Virginia golf course, which told the story of a fictional Civil War battle. This is the same guy who criticizes Smithsonian and NPS staff for distorting history. 😆 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
What are the odds that Trump falls asleep tonight during his address to the nation?
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What are the odds that Trump falls asleep tonight during his address to the nation?
"Wah-Wah" by George Harrison is my favorite solo song of his to play on bass. You can stick close to Klaus Voormann's original bass line or give your fingers a good workout.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNfB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNfB...
Wah-Wah (Remastered 2014)
YouTube video by George Harrison - Topic
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December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Wah-Wah" by George Harrison is my favorite solo song of his to play on bass. You can stick close to Klaus Voormann's original bass line or give your fingers a good workout.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNfB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNfB...
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White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
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"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...
US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Co...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...
"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...
US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Co...
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...