Hilary Green, PhD
Scholar, Educator. Author of Educational Reconstruction (Fordham UP, 2016) and Unforgettable Sacrifice (forthcoming Fordham UP, 2025) and other works.
- This was such a fun conversation! Hope that you give it a listen!
- @shgape.bsky.social Pod drop! Fantastic conversation w/ @hngreen.bsky.social re her recent book, _Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War_ , an exciting addition to scholarship on Civil War memory and a meditation on methodology. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- I am honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice recognized with these other amazing finalists for the ASALH book prize.
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDGreat 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...
- 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...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDI really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
- 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
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDCongratulations to former Muster editor @hngreen.bsky.social for being included on this illustrious list!
- Honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice among this stellar list of books. www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDWith 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...
- Looking forward to speaking about the book at Emory on Monday. jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/about/news-e...
- I am very grateful for the recognition!
- The Best Civil War Books of 2025 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDNew Historical Marker to Recognize James T. S. Taylor, Black Civil War Soldier and Charlottesville Politician www.charlottesville.gov/CivicAlerts.... #TeachReconstruction
- 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.
- 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
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD#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...
- WFAE (Charlotte NPR) coverage of the dedication event. Here is the link: www.wfae.org/race-equity/... #campushistory
- 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
- 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...
- With another AWS Cloud service outage, it is time to revisit our global dependency on it. It is a fun travel day.
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDIn #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. 🗃️
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD‘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...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDOne 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.
- 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
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD“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.
- 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!
- An innovative NEW PAPER in ANCH. @hngreen.bsky.social, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College, calls for a new subfield in Civil War memory studies, focusing on the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 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...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDUnderground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, the old settlement of Quindaro, was named a National Historic Landmark www.kake.com/news/undergr...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD12 Black Civil War veterans lie at rest in a small glen in Mechanicsburg, PA. Vietnam veterans adopted the historic cemetery to ensure its upkeep. The Mechanicsburg community remembers the #USCT veterans every #MemorialDay. www.kcra.com/article/blac...
- Since I'm traveling tomorrow, I post the image used for the cover of Unforgettable Sacrifice. Black communities always remembered the Civil War with parades and other Intergenerational traditions. “Negro G.A.R. veterans parading, New York City, May 30, 1912,” Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-132913.
- Great article about the stakes facing museums and other public entities telling inclusive narratives. Free article for you. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
- On this day, fifteen years ago, I successfully defended my dissertation. Happy anniversary!
- Excited for this upcoming week. I get to celebrate students on Tuesday. I discuss my book at my favorite DC bookstore on Wednesday. I teach on Thursday. Then I head to Durham for the Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion concert with overworked friends this weekend. Happy Saturday!
- So excited for this book and for being part the USC Reconstruction Reconsidered series! I can't wait to read it!
- I know there’s a lot going on but… I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social! Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic... 🗃️
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDAmerican Bar Association: The Importance of Teaching Reconstruction and the Law Today www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/... #TeachReconstruction
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDAbraham Lincoln's Forgotten Walk Through Richmond: A commemoration of Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Navy officers and sailors who walked him through Richmond in April 1865 www.usni.org/magazines/na...
- I am glad to be able to be in conversation about the book and lessons for today at Busboys and Poets later this month. The book discusses many individuals and communities who chose remembrance as their politics in a landscape defined by lies, myths, and intentional forgetting. Come out if you can!
- With pending construction near historic buildings, I adjusted the syllabus. Students did shovel tests. They found some pottery shards, broken ceramic plates, coal & old gravel used in the old pathways. They loved talking to the Dean, campus chaplain and campus archivists about it. #campushistory
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDHow did @uniofstandrews.bsky.social benefit from, participate in, or support, British colonialism? Our report 'The University of St Andrews and the legacies of empire, 1700-1900' is now available legacies-of-empire.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk #history #skystorians
- Enjoying my Spring Break with a few days being a tourist in Paris. I'm also celebrating the book. #amrelaxing
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDRevisiting John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/20...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD"A sweeping history of Native Americans and a study of the creation of the port of Los Angeles in the 19th century have won this year’s Bancroft Prize, one of the most distinguished honors for scholars of American history." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhD🗃️”We must risk the currents.” Honored to chat with scholar @marthasjones.bsky.social about #TheTroubleofColor, a brilliant new memoir of family history, the complexity of race, & finding hope in hard histories. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
- Reposted by Hilary Green, PhDEverything is janky as hell in March 2025, but one thing you can depend on: #ScholarSunday threads! Here’s my 214th of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
- BHM 2025, Day 28: James Howard Jim Crow and Post-desegregation era Davidson College employee He and his wife both worked at Davidson. Their daughter Rev. Brenda Tapia served as a chaplain & the director of the Love of Learning program. Last weekend, LOL alumni held a reunion. #BlackHistoryMonth
- BHM 2025, Day 27: Donald James Brown Post-Desegregation Davidson College employee #BlackHistoryMonth
- BHM 2025, Day 26: Hazeline Knox Post-Desegregation era Davidson College employee #BlackHistoryMonth
