The False Image of History Project
@falseimage.bsky.social
A digital humanities research group at @upenn.bsky.social looking at 19th-20th c. Black Press responses to Confederate commemoration. Created by Prof. Donovan Schaefer & students Olivia Haynie & Justin Seward. No AI.
https://falseimage.pennds.org/
https://falseimage.pennds.org/
The book manuscript has been submitted to FUP for review and will be published late next year. And of course, our essays at falseimage.pennds.org are still available!
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The articles gathered here tell the stories of how Black journalists from the late nineteenth century to the present viewed efforts by white Southerners to celebrate the Confederacy in the long aftermath of the US Civil War.
falseimage.pennds.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The book manuscript has been submitted to FUP for review and will be published late next year. And of course, our essays at falseimage.pennds.org are still available!
@upennrels.bsky.social
@sas.upenn.edu
@pricelab.bsky.social
@upennrels.bsky.social
@sas.upenn.edu
@pricelab.bsky.social
The book will feature improved and expanded versions of the articles on our website, brand new chapters on newspapers, authors, and monuments, as well as expanded historical and methodological sections surveying the background of the Black press and our approach to building our database.
The articles gathered here tell the stories of how Black journalists from the late nineteenth century to the present viewed efforts by white Southerners to celebrate the Confederacy in the long aftermath of the US Civil War.
falseimage.pennds.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The book will feature improved and expanded versions of the articles on our website, brand new chapters on newspapers, authors, and monuments, as well as expanded historical and methodological sections surveying the background of the Black press and our approach to building our database.
Stay tuned for more exciting updates about the False Image of History Project, coming soon!
August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Stay tuned for more exciting updates about the False Image of History Project, coming soon!
Feel free to browse our posts to get a preview of the journalists we've been studying. Or go to our website to explore our interactive map!
falseimage.pennds.org
falseimage.pennds.org
The articles gathered here tell the stories of how Black journalists from the late nineteenth century to the present viewed efforts by white Southerners to celebrate the Confederacy in the long aftermath of the US Civil War.
falseimage.pennds.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Feel free to browse our posts to get a preview of the journalists we've been studying. Or go to our website to explore our interactive map!
falseimage.pennds.org
falseimage.pennds.org