I'm a historian of the nineteenth century South who taught U. S. history at Texas State University, San Marcos, for almost 25 years. My research interests center on people who lived outside the law--not necessarily "outlaws" as we might imagine them, but outside the law nonetheless. The southern Civil War home front, including Unionists and other men and women who fought against the Confederacy, mixed race communities, and racial identity are my special interests.
Note: If you think the recently-released movie, The Free State of Jones, is either fictional or the story of an isolated Southern revolt against the Confederacy, think again. Jim Schmidt reviews a […]
Why The Free State of Jones Is The Most Important Movie About The Civil War Since Glory In 1989 when the movie Glory was released, most Americans did not realize that […]
By Victoria Bynum for Zocalo Public Square The setting is the piney woods of Civil War Jones County, Mississippi. The white farmer Newt Knight leads a band of deserters against Confederate forces. […]
Originally posted on Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist:
Like last year’s “Trumbo”, “The Free State of Jones” is guaranteed to earn my vote for best film of 2016 for its combination of…
by Victoria Bynum In today’s New York Times, opinion editor Charles Blow delivers a harsh critique of the movie, Free State of Jones, arguing that its treatment of slavery in general and […]
By Vikki Bynum Below are links to recent reviews, articles, and interviews about the movie, The Free State of Jones, followed by photographs from the movie’s Hollywood premiere on June 21, 2016. […]
An interesting piece from Christian McWhirter as we await the release of movie, Free State of Jones: Free State of Jones is only a week away and the New York Times ran […]
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