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Matthew Delmont

  • Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, Dartmouth
  • Contributor, Freelance
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Distinguished Professor of History @Dartmouth & Author of "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" @VikingBooks bit.ly/49EjUez
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Eugene Robinson's family story reflects radical American optimism

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By Matthew Delmont
| MSN Verified
Matthew F. Delmont When the Union Army seized Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 18, 1865, Black troops led the way. The 21st U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, composed of formerly enslaved men, was the largest contingent of liberators, while the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments triumphantly marched through the town in the days that followed.
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Eugene Robinson’s family story reflects radical American optimism

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By Matthew Delmont
| The Washington Post Verified
Eugene Robinson’s family story reflects radical American optimism (washingtonpost.com) Eugene Robinson’s family story reflects radical American optimism By Matthew F. Delmont 2026021916540300 When the Union Army seized Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 18, 1865, Black troops led the way.
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Celebrating Black Military Service Is Not “DEI Woke Shit.” It’s Essential to America’s Defense.

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By Matthew Delmont
| Mother Jones Verified
This article is adapted from Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul (published January 2026 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, all rights reserved). Dwight “Skip” Johnson, 19, returned home from his shift at a General Motors plant in Detroit one humid June evening in 1966 to find a letter awaiting him.
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