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The Alamo Is a Rupture

It’s time to reckon with the true history of the mythologized Texas landmark—and the racism and imperialism it represents.

by Raúl A. Ramos via Guernica on February 19, 2019

America’s Original Sin

Slavery and the legacy of white supremacy.

by Annette Gordon-Reed via Foreign Affairs on December 20, 2018

Infrastructures of Memory

It is not just what is remembered that is important, but how it is remembered.

by Brianne M. Wesolowski via Tropics of Meta on December 4, 2018

Legends and Lore

A roadside marker program in New York State embraces the gray area between official history and local lore.

by Allison C. Meier on October 23, 2018

At 63, I Threw Away My Prized Portrait of Robert E. Lee

I was raised to venerate Lee the principled patriot—but I want no association with Lee the defender of slavery.

by Stanley A. McChrystal via The Atlantic on October 23, 2018

Thomas Paine

Capitol Hill Needs Thomas Paine Memorial

Why is there still no memorial to Paine, the immigrant whose writing galvanized the American Revolution?

by Jeff Biggers via The Hill on October 21, 2018

Not Even Trump Wants to Praise Robert E. Lee

Most of President Donald Trump's 20th-century predecessors expressed profound admiration for Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

by Yoni Appelbaum via The Atlantic on October 15, 2018

United Daughters of the Confederacy & White Supremacy

In an open letter, an encyclopedia editor stands behind the use of the term "white supremacy" to describe the UDC's work.

by Brendan Wolfe via Encyclopedia Virginia on August 30, 2018

Southerners Tore Down Silent Sam. Now Northerners Need to Tear Down Confederate Flags.

Each one flown outside the slave states amounts to an admission that the flag represents whiteness, not Southernness.

by Alex Pareene via HuffPost on August 29, 2018

Here's Why Republicans' Disturbing Romance With the Racist Confederacy Is so Troubling

The road to the violence around statues is paved with hate, lies, and political gamesmanship.

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via AlterNet on August 17, 2018

White Nationalists Held a Race Rally in Charlottesville. The Location Was No Coincidence.

The region was at the epicenter of eugenic policy-making in the first half of the 20th century.

by Frederick Coye Heard via Scalawag on August 13, 2018

Think Confederate Monuments Are Racist? Consider Pioneer Monuments

Most early pioneer statues celebrated whites dominating American Indians.

by Cynthia Prescott via The Conversation on August 7, 2018

What Happens When We Forget?

A documentary attempts to remember forgotten lynching victims.

by Lance Warren via Facing South on May 7, 2018

Statues Offensive To Native Americans Are Poised To Topple Across The U.S.

No other city has taken down a monument to a president for his misdeeds, but Arcata is poised to do just that with a statue of William McKinley.

by Jaweed Kaleem via Los Angeles Times on April 1, 2018

The Black Monuments Project

America is covered in Confederate statues. We can do better — and here’s how.

by Zak Cheney-Rice, Kyle McGovern via Mic on February 1, 2018

Encountering the Plantation Myth Where You'd Least Expect It

Well off Savannah's tourist trail, there's a replica of an antebellum plantation home in the middle of a public housing project.

by Kevin M. Levin on January 19, 2018

The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis

In his final days, King stood by striking sanitation workers. We returned to the city to see what has changed—and what hasn’t.

by Ted Conover via Smithsonian Magazine on January 1, 2018

Statues, National Monuments, and Settler-Colonialism

Connections between public history and policy in the wake of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

by Rose Miron via National Council on Public History on December 18, 2017

Columbus Circle Without Columbus?

New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard.

by Harry Bruinius via The Christian Science Monitor on December 15, 2017

People gathered around the Arlington confederate monument

The History of the History of American Slavery

In an age when the White House is being asked if slavery was a good or bad thing, perhaps we should take a look at the history of the history of slavery.

by Gaines M. Foster, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on November 30, 2017

Kings of the Confederate Road

Two writers — one black, one white — journey to Selma, Alabama, in search of "Southern heritage." This is their dialogue.

by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Tad Bartlett via The Bitter Southerner on November 28, 2017

What to Do with Monuments Whose History We’ve Forgotten

Few who are memorialized in stone could fully pass moral muster today. Is that a problem?

by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on November 26, 2017

Confederate Revisionist History

Americans should not honor a revolt to uphold slavery with monuments or florid displays.

by Douglas Massey via Public Books on November 8, 2017

Let’s Relitigate the Civil War

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.

by Jeet Heer via The New Republic on November 1, 2017

How Theaters and TV Networks are Changing the Way They Show Gone With the Wind

After almost 80 years, America is finally rethinking how it screens its favorite movie.

by Aisha Harris via Slate on October 22, 2017

Recontextualizing the Ocean Blue

Italian Americans and the commemoration of Columbus.

by Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra via Process: A Blog for American History on October 4, 2017

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

“I Wanted to Tell the Story of How I Had Become a Racist”

An interview with historian Charles B. Dew.

by Charles B. Dew, Robin Lindley via HNN on September 10, 2017

Where Donald Trump Learned His Tough Love for History

He professes admiration for "statues and monuments" but his family has a record of tearing down rather than preserving.

by Michael Kruse via Politico Magazine on August 24, 2017

A Most American Terrorist

The Making Of Dylann Roof.

by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah via GQ on August 21, 2017

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