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  "textContent": "\n\nThe _Journal of the Civil War Era_ 16:1 (March 2026) is a special issue of interest to legal historians, assembled by its editors, **Kate Masur, Northwestern University** , and **Gregory Downs, University of California, Davis**.  In addition to a review essay and book reviews, it includes the following:\n\nWhat Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis\nGregory P. Downs, Kate Masur\n\nBurrowed in the Bloodline: The Stories That Sustain Me\nRyan W. Booth\n\nThe Specter of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Today\nJustene Hill Edwards\n\nParodic Exaggeration, Transparent Lying, and Conspiracy Thinking in US History\nElaine S. Frantz\n\nA-Mouldering in Our Graves?\nJohn W. Hall\n\nSurvival with Sanity: Sarah Cook, Black Optimistic Realist\nScott Hancock\n\nLessons From My Grandfather's FBI File\nMartha S. Jones\n\nSlouching Towards Arlington House\nW. Caleb Mcdaniel\n\nThe Current Situation of 2025: Thoughts on Media, the Public Sphere, and Education\nScott Reynolds Nelson\n\nStorytelling, Digital Archives, and Black Women's Reproductive History in Real Time\nTamika Y. Nunley\n\nA Guide to Surviving Interesting Times: Lessons from an Unpredictable Past\nErika Pani\n\nWe the People State of Mississippi\": Letter Writing, Archiving, and Democracy from Reconstruction to Today\nLindsey R. Peterson\n\nIn 2025, an Echo of the 1800s: The Fight for Black Citizenship in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations\nAlaina E. Roberts\n\nHabits of Mind: How History Teaches Humility\nAaron Sheehan-Dean\n\nEmpathy, Humility, and Good Faith: Studying History in Times of Crisis\nMargaret M. Storey\n\nMeeting the Moment at Elizabeth City State University\nMelissa N. Stuckey\n\nThe Freedman's Memorial\nRobert K. Sutton\n\nExceptional Times\nMichael Vorenberg\n\nThe Civil War's Unfinished Business\nFay A. Yarbrough\n\n\n--Dan Ernst",
  "title": "JCWE: Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis",
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