Media
A selection of reviews, ssays, commentary, interviews, and lectures…
Reviews of To Walk About in Freedom
Jim Downs, Los Angeles Review of Books/article/the-afterlife-of-slavery-on-carole-embertons-to-walk-about-in-freedom/, Jan. 2023
Cooper H. Wingert, Civil War Monitor, July 2022
David A. Taylor, Washington Independent Review of Books, June 2022
Terri Schlichenmeyer, Washington Informer, Mar. 2022
Priscilla Kipp, BookPage (starred review), Mar. 2022
Kevin Levin, “Measuring Freedom during Reconstruction,” Mar. 11, 2022
Live Interviews & podcasts
Drafting the Past, Episode 6, April 2022
New Books Network, May 17, 2022
A discussion of To Walk About in Freedom with Prof. LaKisha Simmons, Politics & Prose, Mar. 6, 2022
Newspaper Interviews
Speaking with Chilean newspaper La Tercera on the slave reparations debate in the U.S.
Carole speaks about the importance of the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Washington Post
Carole provides some context for understanding the tragic murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Science Monitor
Carole provides historical context on gun control for the French newspaper Le Monde
On Obama’s strategy for gun control, Christian Science Monitor
On the NRA and American gun culture, Christian Science Monitor
Carole comments on the Ku Klux Klan and American party politics, The Huffington Post
Recorded Lectures
“To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner,” Buffalo History Museum, Mar. 9, 2022
The Civil War: Freedmen, Poverty, and Reconstruction, Carole talks about the pervasion of poverty among freed slaves during Reconstruction. She described the government’s attempt to provide aid by establishing the Freedmen’s Bureau, and compares the debates over poverty-relief efforts during Reconstruction to some of those today.
A lecture on Henry Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison
The Civil War: Radicalization of Reconstruction, Carole talks about the role of violence in Reconstruction politics.
Carole discusses her book Beyond Redemption
Op-eds
“America Must Reckon with Slavery’s Long and Violent End,” Time, Mar. 17, 2022
“The Deep Roots of Disdain for Black Political Leaders.” Washington Post, Sept. 17, 2020
“Remembering the Sins of Millard Fillmore.” Washington Post, Jan. 5, 2018
“The North Tried Compromise. The South Chose War.” Washington Post, Nov. 1, 2017
“The U.S. Military and Racial Integration,” We’re History, July 26, 2016
“Gunning for the Flag: Guns and Reconstruction,” We’re History, July 8, 2015
“A Hungry Belly and Freedom,” We’re History, Nov. 25, 2014
“Ready to Rumble? A Fight Between Lincoln and the Other Douglass,” We’re History, Nov. 14, 2014
“The Roots of White Rage,” History News Network, July 22, 2013
“The Real Origins of America’s Gun Culture,” History News Network, Jan. 14, 2013
“Edward and the Elephant,” New York Times, “Disunion” blog April 7, 2012
“The Minister of Death,” New York Times, “Disunion” blog Aug. 17, 2012
“Life on the Battlefield,” New York Times, “Disunion” blog, September 20, 2013
Personal Essays
“Life, Love, and Homegrown Tomatoes,” Bitter Southerner, July 3, 2019