An Interview with Ron Coddington

 

Our conversation with Ron Coddington, an assistant managing editor with the Chronicle of Higher Education and author of African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. In this interview, Ron discusses this third installment in his Civil War photograph series, including how he was unable to uncover the powerful stories behind the images selected.  

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Voice from the Past – A Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

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