March/April 2000
In This Issue March/April 2000
Touring the Battlefields
A colleague pays tribute to a fellow historian and tireless traveling companion.
By Gary W. Gallagher
Volume 21, Issue 2
James M. McPherson, Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities
Marie Labbanzc ©2000
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Features
McPherson Book Excerpts
McPherson's books capture the complexity of the Civil War and the connections between battlefront and home front.
By James M. McPhersonCelebrating American Poetry
A new anthology captures the raw and kinetic energy of a nation celebrating its cultural independence.
By Rachel GalvinSongs of the Sephardim
Scholars are saving the ballads and poetry of a dispersed people.
By Pedro PonceRacism to Redemption
A new film reveals George C. Wallace as a man who made a Faustian bargain for power but sought forgiveness at life's end.
By Maggie RiechersFifth National Black Writers Conference
NEH supports a conference on black literature in American life.
By Lynn ErskineOn-Site with NEH: A Dakar Journal
Twenty-five high school teachers are immersed in French-speaking West Africa.
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Departments
Conversation
"The War that Never Goes Away"
Jefferson Lecturer James M. McPherson talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about the Civil War and the long shadows it still casts over the American landscape.
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