Hilary Green, PhD

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

‘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.

‘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...

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.

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

“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.

Sending hugs. I lost Garfield on New Year's Day. The loss of fur kids is just hard. Sending hugs.

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!

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...

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...

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

Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, the old settlement of Quindaro, was named a National Historic Landmark www.kake.com/news/undergr...

Same here with me.

Community cared for graves of Black Civil War veterans in 2012 These soldiers deserve respect, and that’s exactly what the community gave them.

12 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.

Good luck! I am making the transition too. I have AP stuff first and then back to finishing up some outstanding short pieces and reviews.

Congratulations and welcome to the ranks! It is so well deserved!

Trump’s Order to Sanitize Black History Meets Institutional Resistance

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!

The Importance of Teaching Reconstruction and the Law Today This program will discuss how learning about and teaching Reconstruction provides a new and necessary perspective of the U.S. Constitution, and the social and structural tensions that arise when worki...

American Bar Association: The Importance of Teaching Reconstruction and the Law Today www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/... #TeachReconstruction

Abraham Lincoln's Forgotten Walk Through Richmond One hundred sixty years ago

Abraham 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

Thank you for coming out! It was great to see you there from the stage!

I talked with this group in February. It is am amazing project and I hope to be in attendance when it is finally unveiled.

I am going to look into this possibility.

How 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

Sending my condolences to you and your family. She seemed like an amazing aunt too.

Enjoying my Spring Break with a few days being a tourist in Paris. I'm also celebrating the book. #amrelaxing

Revisiting John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry - Rails to Trails Conservancy John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on Sunday, Oct. 16, 1859, when a band of 22 armed men slipped out of a Maryland farmhouse.

Revisiting John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/20...

Adding this to my to purchase list!