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Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth

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Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth

History Monday, February 10, 2020 4:00 pm Taliaferro Hall, 2110






Please join the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies for an afternoon lecture with author and UMD alumnus Kevin Levin (Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth). Light refreshments will be provided.


This lecture is part of the Miller Center's 2019-2020 Truth and History Series.





Kevin M. Levin is an award-winning educator and historian based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has written extensively about the American Civil War and has spoken across the country on the current controversy surrounding Confederate monuments. His expertise on the Confederate monument controversy has led to interviews with The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal as well as numerous international newspapers. He has appeared on C-SPAN, NPR, Al-Jazeera, BackStory With the American History Guys, and Vox.





 

Add to Calendar 02/10/20 4:00 PM 02/10/20 4:00 PM America/New_York Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth






Please join the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies for an afternoon lecture with author and UMD alumnus Kevin Levin (Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth). Light refreshments will be provided.


This lecture is part of the Miller Center's 2019-2020 Truth and History Series.





Kevin M. Levin is an award-winning educator and historian based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has written extensively about the American Civil War and has spoken across the country on the current controversy surrounding Confederate monuments. His expertise on the Confederate monument controversy has led to interviews with The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal as well as numerous international newspapers. He has appeared on C-SPAN, NPR, Al-Jazeera, BackStory With the American History Guys, and Vox.





 

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