Monthly Archive:: July 2019
18 Jul 2019
Some Resources (and a New Roadblock) in African American Research
By Aaron Goodwin On 18 July 2019 In Uncategorized
On 19 June 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment landed at Galveston, Texas, to announce that the war had ended and the previously enslaved were free. “Wait,” you might think. “Wasn’t that 2½ years after
17 Jul 2019
In Defense of the Curious Meander
By Aaron Goodwin On 17 July 2019 In Uncategorized
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) —Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” 51 In May’s issue, I wrote about the importance of starting your research plan with a