Eric Foner
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican historian (born 1943)
Eric Foner is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department...
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If Robert E. Lee, who rebelled against the American government, deserves one, then why doesn't Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion?
As quoted in "Trump says it is 'foolish' to remove Confederate symbols" (17 August 2017), by Neil Munshi, FT.com
The Democratic Party, whatever that is, lacks a vision or an ideology. But many people have said this. Why? That is because it is a conglomeration of mutually exclusive parts.
"How Radical Change Occurs: An Interview With Historian Eric Foner" (3 February 2015), by Mike Konczal, The Nation
Lincoln asked the nation to confront unblinkingly the legacy of slavery. What were the requirements of justice in the face of this reality?
"The Emancipation of Abe Lincoln" (1 January 2013), The New York Times, New York
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Fareed ZakariaAlso in State of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacy (2019)
Anne ApplebaumAlso in State of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacy (2019)
Doris Kearns GoodwinAlso won Lincoln Prize
Robert CaroAlso won American History Book Prize
Richard HofstadterAlso won Pulitzer Prize for History
Robert E. SherwoodAlso won Bancroft PrizeAbout this person
Eric Foner is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department of History since 1982. He is the author of several popular textbooks, such as the Give Me Liberty! series for high school classrooms. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Foner is the most frequently cited author on college syllabi for history courses.
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