Rob Skelton
@redskelton1923.bsky.social
Aeronautical engineer | Historian | PhD candidate at UNCG | Retired USAF | WVU alum | Cranky about today's politics | Posts my own #Reconstruction.
Went through this a few days ago returning from SHA conference. Spent an unplanned night in Atlanta after my connecting flight was canceled.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Went through this a few days ago returning from SHA conference. Spent an unplanned night in Atlanta after my connecting flight was canceled.
Reposted by Rob Skelton
The C. Vann Woodward Award for the best dissertation written on Southern history in the preceding year is awarded to Jewel Parker #2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The C. Vann Woodward Award for the best dissertation written on Southern history in the preceding year is awarded to Jewel Parker #2025SHA
Reposted by Rob Skelton
Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass:
A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
constitutioncenter.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass:
Uh...Walter Duranty lives?
August 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Uh...Walter Duranty lives?
The NYT was once the paper of record. I once subscribed to that paper. Neither statement has been true for quite some time.
July 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The NYT was once the paper of record. I once subscribed to that paper. Neither statement has been true for quite some time.