censorship - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Sun, 10 Aug 2025 18:45:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 censorship - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 Education and Empowerment in Post-Civil War America: Lynette Love https://www.quakerranter.org/education-and-empowerment-in-post-civil-war-america-lynette-love/ https://www.quakerranter.org/education-and-empowerment-in-post-civil-war-america-lynette-love/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:04:51 +0000 https://www.quakerranter.org/?p=292209 I talk with Lynette Love, who’s written an article about a post-Civil War school in South Carolina that was started by Friends.

We discuss the life and impact of Cornelia Hancock, a Quaker nurse during the Civil War who played a significant role in establishing Freedmen Schools in South Carolina. The discussion covers Hancock’s bravery, the humanitarian crisis of contraband during the war, and the legacy of education for freed slaves. Lynette also addresses the current controversies surrounding her book about this history, touching on themes of censorship and the importance of remembering the full scope of history, including its darker aspects.

In today’s political climate, not everyone is comfortable with that full scope. A report in the Charleston Post and Courier last month says that Love’s book has been flagged under Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s May 2025 order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” Here’s a clip of Lynette and I talking about this.

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