Isaac Tuttle is a PhD candidate in history at Baylor University. He holds a master’s degree in history from the University of Alabama, and bachelor’s degrees in history and philosophy & theology from Gardner-Webb University. He is currently writing his dissertation on how the famous fundamentalist A.C. Dixon and his infamously racist younger brother, Thomas Dixon Jr., both reflected and spearheaded major shifts in Protestant and Southern identity between the Civil War and the dawn of the twentieth century.
It’s no secret that America in 2025 is highly polarized. And yet, we were once even more so, and through shared points of reference like the King James Bible and the Declaration of Independence, America was able to unify
Isaac TuttleNovember 13, 2025
1863 saw the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation, but also horrible violence in the New York City draft riots at the North’s continued involvement in the Civil War
Isaac TuttleAugust 1, 2025