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A crowd celebrates the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house.

Beyond Monuments: African Americans Contesting Civil War Memory

Black resistance to Lost Cause mythology has been a constant of the past 150 years.
by Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders via Black Perspectives on October 16, 2017

Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

John Oliver reflects on the history of Confederate monuments.
by John Oliver via Last Week Tonight on October 8, 2017

Guardians of White Innocence

The Sons of Confederate Veterans want to convince Americans that Southern heritage isn’t about slavery. Is it a lost cause?
by Katy Waldman via Slate on September 25, 2017
Ripped American flag flying next to the Texas flag.

In Texas, Even the Lies about the Confederacy Are Bigger

Republican House Speaker Joe Straus is calling for the removal of a Confederate plaque about the role of slavery in the Civil War.
by Kevin M. Levin via Civil War Memory on September 20, 2017
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Civil War Memory

Historical understandings and myths about the Civil War's causes, meanings, and legacies still shape American culture and national discourse about the country's future.

Defenders Of Confederate Monuments Keep Trying To Erase History

Claims that the Confederacy didn't fight to uphold slavery are disputed by Confederate generals themselves.
by Adam H. Domby via HuffPost on September 15, 2017

History is Not There to be Liked: On Historical Memory, Real and Fake

Historians have the uncomfortable role of shattering people’s memories.
by Jason Steinhauer via Foreign Policy Research Institute on September 15, 2017

Washington National Cathedral to Remove Stained Glass Windows Honoring Confederates

The debate over confederate iconography arrives in the closest thing the U.S. has to an official church.
by Michelle Boorstein via Washington Post on September 6, 2017

The Lost Dream of a Superhighway to Honor the Confederacy

Remnants of the dream of a coast-to-coast tribute to their vision of the South are still visible.
by Erin Blakemore via The Atlantic on August 29, 2017

The South's Penchant for Confederate Street Names, Mapped

A new project tallies the streets named after Confederate leaders alongside those named after civil rights personalities.
by Tanvi Misra via CityLab on August 25, 2017

The Day White Virginia Stopped Admiring Gen. Robert E. Lee and Started Worshiping Him

Stripping Virginia of its Lee tributes is far harder than it is in other places.
by Steve Hendrix via Retropolis on August 23, 2017
W. E. B. DuBois testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

No Excuses for a Racist Murderer

A 1928 essay by W.E.B. DuBois on the legacy of Robert E. Lee.
via In These Times on August 22, 2017

The Monuments We Never Built

Why we must ask not only what stories our landscapes of commemoration tell, but also what stories they leave out.
by Brian Hamilton via Edge Effects on August 22, 2017

What Will Happen to Stone Mountain, America’s Largest Confederate Memorial?

The Georgia landmark is a testament to the enduring legacy of white supremacy
by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on August 22, 2017
A stone marker for the Jefferson Davis Highway in Crawfordville, Georgia.
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The Largest Confederate Monument in America Can't Be Taken Down

It has to be renamed, state by state.
by Kevin Waite via Made By History on August 22, 2017

The Confederate General Who Was Erased

There's a reason you won't find many monuments in the South to one of Robert E. Lee's most able deputies.
by Jane Dailey via HuffPost on August 21, 2017

Falling Out of Love with the Civil War

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.
by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on August 21, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

America's Deadly Divide - and Why it Has Returned

Civil War historian David Blight reflects on America’s Disunion – then and now.
by David W. Blight via The Guardian on August 20, 2017
Robert E. Lee statue

Confederate Statues Honor Timeless Virtues — Let Them Stay

Don’t let extremists on both sides destroy honor and valor, even as they seek to destroy everything else.
by Arthur Herman via National Review on August 19, 2017

"I've Studied The History Of Confederate Memorials. Here's What To Do About Them."

Many were funded privately. The public now deserves a say in their fate.
by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via Vox on August 18, 2017

Regime Change in Charlottesville

If you understand why that Civil War statue really went up, the debate over removing it looks a lot different.
by Adam Goodheart via Politico Magazine on August 16, 2017

Tear Down the Confederates’ Symbols

The battle against the remnants of Confederate sentiment is a battle against both white supremacy and class rule.
by Tyler Zimmer via Jacobin on August 16, 2017

Why Boston Has A Confederate Monument — And Why You Can't See It Right Now

The state's only Confederate memorial, a stone on Georges Island, has been boarded up since June while the state ponders its fate.
by Louise Kennedy via WBUR on August 16, 2017

A Confederate Statue Is Gone, But the Fight Remains in Durham

The city isn't rushing to put it back up.
by Nash Jenkins via TIME on August 15, 2017

The Lost Cause Rides Again

The prospective series takes as its premise an ugly truth that black Americans are forced to live every day: What if the Confederacy wasn’t wholly defeated?
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on August 4, 2017

We Don’t Need a TV Show About the Confederacy Winning. In Many Ways, it Did.

HBO's “Confederate” assumes America is much further from its slaveholding past than it really is.
by Bree Newsome via Washington Post on August 2, 2017
Black legislators behind the title "The Future of Reconstruction Studies."

The Future of Reconstruction Studies

This online forum sponsored by the Journal of the Civil War Era features 9 essays and a roundtable on the future of Reconstruction Studies.
by Eric Foner, Nancy Bercaw, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Thomas J. Brown, Mark A. Noll, Thomas C. Holt, Lisa Tetrault, Martha S. Jones, Kidada E. Williams, Salamishah Tillet, Adrienne Petty, Luke E. Harlow, Elliott West, David M. Prior, Beverly Bond, Jennifer W. Taylor via Muster on August 1, 2017

The South Rises Yet Again, This Time on HBO

In a world where Confederate flags continue to fly, it is hard not to cry “enough” at this continued emphasis on all-things-Confederate.
by Nina Silber via Muster on July 31, 2017
Robert E. Lee Statue in Charlottesville.
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Why We Need Confederate Monuments

They force us to remember the worst parts of our history.
by Caroline E. Janney via Made By History on July 27, 2017

History Writ Aright

What would it take for people "to know their history"? Pay attention to the silences.
by Brendan Wolfe via brendanwolfe.com on July 4, 2017

Supporters of Confederate Symbols Have Less Knowledge of Civil War History

This negates a commonly used defense that Confederate symbols represent ‘heritage not hate’.
by Logan Strother, Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston via USAPP on July 3, 2017
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