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Hilary Green, PhD

@hngreen.bsky.social
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Scholar, Educator. Author of Educational Reconstruction (Fordham UP, 2016) and Unforgettable Sacrifice (forthcoming Fordham UP, 2025) and other works.

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Very grateful for this generous review of Unforgettable Sacrifice. aph.org.au/2026/07/book...
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Book Review: Unforgettable Sacrifice – How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War | Australian Policy and History
Hilary N. Green, Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War, foreword by Edda L. Fields-Black. Fordham University Press, New York, 2025. 400 pages. $35.00, paperback. ISBN 9781531508524.
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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Check out our exciting new roundtable: “Challenges and opportunities in writing Black biography”, with Katherine Burns (Glasgow), Adam Domby (Auburn), @hngreen.bsky.social (Davidson) and @davidsilkenat.bsky.social (Florida): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Challenges and opportunities in writing Black biography: a roundtable discussion
This roundtable is an outgrowth of a panel held at the BrANCH annual conference in Cardiff in September 2025. While the BrANCH panel focused on the particulars of the research findings of the panel...
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
First our published scholarship was used, without authors' consent, to train AI programs. Now, we get unauthorized AI-generated biographies of said scholars and public intellectuals. Posting free NYT link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
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I Got Slopped (Gift Article)
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So glad to have contributed to this piece.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“No sooner had Northern armies touched Southern soil than this old question, newly guised, sprang from the earth, — What shall be done with slaves?” - W. E. B. Du Bois, “Of the Dawn of Freedom,” The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Happy Juneteenth!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“When Northern armies entered the South they became armies of emancipation. It was the last thing they planned to be.” – W. E. B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction (1935). Happy Juneteenth!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking forward to this event! I'm reflecting on the 2011 "Imperiled Promise" NPS report and considering how to move forward in this present moment. It is going to be great conversation!
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Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Don't delay -- application materials should be sent to RichardsCenter@psu.edu by TOMORROW, April 15! The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars.
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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Please share! @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social @alexvont.bsky.social @hngreen.bsky.social @drkarenlcox.bsky.social @gregjenner.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @zurch.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Excited for OAH in Philly! My paper focuses on Isaiah King (shown)) and John N. Conna, two Civil War veterans who are chasing Reconstruction’s promise in Alaska. This WIP panel session forced me to put words on a page and fully consider a possible home for the larger project. #amwriting
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Happy 10th book pub anniversary of Educational Reconstruction! I am happy with its impact in the fields of Reconstruction Studies, Urban History, History of Education, African American history and Public History. I'm very grateful to now see it on a shelf alongside my other publications.
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Society of Civil War Historians @scwhistorians.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
👀👀👀👀 check out this journal article workshop opportunity!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Spring travel commences. I'm presenting a new piece on my Davidson campus work at the Univ of Alabama. The feedback will make it closer to publication worthy. I'm also doing a book talk at the Univ of Arkansas the week after. It's my first time of the campus and I can't wait. #amwriting
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Another book worth checking out is @hngreen.bsky.social Unforgettable Sacrifice #HATM #TheGrayHouse amzn.to/4u8Zmmi
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Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America)
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America) [Green, Hilary N., Fields-Black, Edda L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America)
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Final book pub anniversary post: I wrote this book for my diverse communities--academic historian, daughter, niece, cousin and community member of where I have worked after getting my Ph.D. One early reader told me that we need a history of African American porches and porch sitting. 1/3
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Book pub anniversary, post 3: We need more books on Black CW Memory and not less. I discussed communities that I knew intimately & left plenty of breadcrumbs for future scholarship. One point that scholars have picked up on is the tendency to reduce Black Civil War Memory to counter-memory. 1/2
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Book pub anniversary, post 2: I'm grateful for my writing community who encouraged me to be bold, experiment w/ form, & develop this second book. The porch lessons, for instance, emerged from this community & had the full support of my editor Andy Slap and @fordhampress.bsky.social
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Book-pub anniversary, post 1: I learned that is okay to start a project in opposition but not enough to sustain a decade long project. I wanted communities' porch archives to be understood w/in the field of Civil War Memory. Thankful for the communities' trust in me to write this book.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Happy Book-Pub Anniversary of Unforgettable Sacrifice! It has been a whirlwind year. So I will do a series of posts about the book today.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I am extremely grateful for the generous review in the Journal of Southern History of Unforgettable Sacrifice.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This was such a fun conversation! Hope that you give it a listen!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I am honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice recognized with these other amazing finalists for the ASALH book prize.
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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Great to join Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan today on the "A Chicken in Every Pot" podcast. We discussed my new book "The Republican House Divided", as well as all things Republican Party and Civil War memory. Listen wherever you usually find your podcasts! 🗃️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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How Civil War memory still defines US politics
Podcast Episode · A Chicken in Every Pot · 18/12/2025 · 53m
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Disappointed by my Ph.D. alma mater. These research centers played a vital role in cultivating the intellectual rigor and scholarly reputation of UNC. www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
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Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Interesting research project at Georgetown. I can't wait to update my Spring Race and Campus Histories course syllabus to include this development. wapo.st/48NjKPZ
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Search begins to find families of Black boys buried at abandoned Md. site
Georgetown University has launched a research hub tasked with investigating the deaths and identities of children and teens who died in juvenile facilities nationwide.
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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Congratulations to former Muster editor @hngreen.bsky.social for being included on this illustrious list!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice among this stellar list of books. www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
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The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS
We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 251 (11/23/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week...
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Looking forward to speaking about the book at Emory on Monday. jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/about/news-e...
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Calendar of Events
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I am very grateful for the recognition!
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 15/11/2025
New Historical Marker to Recognize James T. S. Taylor, Black Civil War Soldier and Charlottesville Politician www.charlottesville.gov/CivicAlerts.... #TeachReconstruction
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New Historical Marker to Recognize James T. S. Taylor, Black Civil War Soldier and Local Politician
The marker will recognize James T. S. Taylor, a Black Civil War soldier and local politician. Taylor grew up in Charlottesville and served as a sergeant in the 2nd United States Colored Infantry.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
African American veterans and their families and communities were essential to sustaining Black Civil War memory over the late 19th century and twentieth century. I discuss my own ancestor and others in Unforgettable Sacrifice. I proudly remembered them yesterday.
Book cover with African American youth marching along side Civil War veterans in a parade.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
With a book talk later this evening, I am catching up on some campus history work and grading. #2025SHA was a very affirming break with other historians. Back to reality. #amwriting #campushistory
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#tdih 1867, Reconstruction era Alabama delegates drafted a new state constitution, established first state-financed public schools in South. By 1871, Black & white children attended public schools. Read "Educational Reconstruction" by @hngreen.bsky.social ⬇️ 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/al...
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Nov. 5, 1867: Alabama State Constitution
Delegates gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to draft a new state constitution during Reconstruction.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
WFAE (Charlotte NPR) coverage of the dedication event. Here is the link: www.wfae.org/race-equity/... #campushistory
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With ‘Hands,’ Davidson College's monument aims to tell a ‘broader story’ of the enslaved who built the college
Approximately 1,000 people attended a ceremony at Davidson College Thursday to witness the unveiling of a monument that pays tribute to the enslaved individuals who contributed to the college's constr...
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Local coverage of the dedication of the With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited and the opening of the Oak Row exhibition. www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/nor... #campushistory
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Today marks the first of several events for the dedication of With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited and opening of Oak Row exhibition space. I am glad to have been involved with this project and recovering this history. #campushistory www.davidson.edu/news/2025/10...
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Memorial Brings the Unacknowledged into Davidson College’s Story
Davidson College will dedicate, With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited, Oct. 23. Renowned artist Hank Willis Thomas designed the bronze sculpture in collaboration with architectura...
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
With another AWS Cloud service outage, it is time to revisit our global dependency on it. It is a fun travel day.
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 30/09/2025
In #AHAPerspectives, Andrew Hardy writes about how he and fellow graduate students at Berkeley have created public walking tours of the university based on original historical research. 🗃️
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New Campus Cartographies – AHA
Infusing historical research into walking tours has helped Andrew Hardy and his fellow graduate students remake their campus into a public history site.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I received great feedback on my Alaska project at BrANCH. I can't wait to get back to writing. Too much stuff has to do first. But, I have clarity.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
London is calling! I am excited to be in community with US & UK scholars at Cardiff for BrANCH 2026. I'm excited to discuss the totality of 19th C US History and present for the first time on my Black Reconstruction in Alaska research. #amwriting
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
As I prepare for an Alaska research trip, I'm wrapping up some campus history research projects and drafting letters of support for T&P and promotions to full. This daily work might seem mundane; however in this current moment, it is so important. Summer break is drawing to a close. #amwriting
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 27/06/2025
‘Don’t erase me.’ Brevard’s Chapel United Methodist Church, a 150-year-old Black church in Denver, NC, one of the oldest in the state, is threatened with demolition. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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‘Don’t erase me.’ 150-year-old Black church in NC threatened with demolition.
The Methodist Church conference will decide the Lincoln County church’s fate next month.
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
One professor said he canceled a class called “Politics and Poverty” because he was concerned about teaching topics that could be interpreted as violating the law.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Chapter submitted. It was my first exploring my Davidson campus history research for an edited volume on campus histories. My chapter focused on two men whose campus ties began in slavery and end with their death in the Jim Crow era. Can't wait for the feedback. #amwriting
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 14/06/2025
“Toward a new future in civil war memory studies” by @hngreen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... "African Americans defy the traditional scholarly Civil War memory categories...African American porches serve as the entry point for Black Civil War memory" that demand attention.
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
For those who could not hear this address in person, here is the published version. Thank you for the amazing editors and team at American Nineteenth Century History and BrANCH!
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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
After a busy APUSH day, I finally had time to read the ECW’s review of my book. I’m beyond grateful for the generous and thoughtful review. emergingcivilwar.com/2025/05/29/b...
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Book Review: Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War - Emerging Civil War
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War. By Hilary N. Green. New York: Fordham University Press, 2025. Softcover, 400 pp., $35.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott While some st...
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 25/05/2025
Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, the old settlement of Quindaro, was named a National Historic Landmark www.kake.com/news/undergr...
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Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, named National Historic Landmark
(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, Kansas — once a stop along the Underground Railroad for people escaping slavery and a home to abolitionists during the
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