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Robert E. Lee WAS a Man of Honor. That’s the Problem.

For white southerners, honor had little to do with justice.

by Kevin Waite via Made By History on November 7, 2017

Still Worrying about The Civil War

John Kelly's statement about the Civil War is not surprising, but they are a reminder that we should still be worrying about the Civil War.

by Adam I. P. Smith via Adam I. P. Smith: Historian on November 2, 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

Protester with a sign that reads "Save our Monuments"

Pondering the Question of Confederate Honor

Yes, honorable men can fight for dishonorable causes.

by David French via National Review on November 1, 2017

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

by Matthew Karp via The Nation on October 25, 2017

What Do We Do With Our Dead?

Our mortuary conventions reveal a lot about our relation to the past.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on October 16, 2017

Mississippian funerary heads in the collection of Monticello.

“Kicked About”: Native Culture at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Kristine K. Ronan describes her discovery of two Native American statues at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

by Kristine K. Ronan via Panorama on October 14, 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

Drawing of a Caribbean sugar plantation.

Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas

A tribal collaborative project that seeks to understand settler colonialism and its legacies through the lens of Indigenous enslavement and unfreedom.

by Linford Fisher via Indigenous Slavery on October 6, 2017

Roy Moore with a cowboy hat, gun, and microphone, in front of an American flag.

The Reason Roy Moore Won in Alabama That No One is Talking About

Centuries of economic inequality have left Southern politics ripe for insurgent outsiders.

by Keri Leigh Merritt via Made By History on October 5, 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

How One College Succeeded at Grappling With a Racist Past

Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn.

by Timothy W. Ryback via The Atlantic on September 19, 2017

Idylls of the Liberal

The American dreams of Mark Lilla and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

by Asad Haider via Viewpoint Magazine on September 11, 2017

Civil War re-enactors at the Bentonville Battlefield in Four Oaks, N.C., March 21, 2015.

After Charlottesville, New Shades of Gray in a Changing South

Celebrations of the Confederacy have steadily ebbed, and the recent confrontations will accelerate this retreat among all but the extremists.

by Tony Horwitz via The Wall Street Journal on August 25, 2017

More Than a Statue: Rethinking J. Marion Sims’ Legacy

The "father of U.S. gynecology" is usually depicted as either a monstrous butcher or a benevolent healer. It's not that simple.

by Deirdre Cooper Owens via Rewire on August 24, 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

A plaque in Brooklyn commemorating Robert E. Lee.

It’s Hard to Get Rid of a Confederate Memorial in New York City

At least one monument has come down this summer, but two streets in Brooklyn have proved difficult to rename.

by Robert Sullivan via The New Yorker 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 Two Andrew Jacksons

Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on August 10, 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

Confederate Commander Col. Lawrence Allen and his wife.

The Massacre Men

The Confederacy often used brutal tactics against Union sympathizers, even in Southern towns.

by David Forbes via Scalawag 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

The American Revolution was a Huge Victory for Equality. Liberals Should Celebrate it.

The left is turning its back on the Revolution. Here's why that's a mistake.

by Jeff Stein via Vox on July 4, 2017

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

by Leah Douglas via The Nation on June 26, 2017

Police officer with automatic rifle guards the US Capitol building.

Violence Against Members of Congress Has a Long, and Ominous, History

In the 1840s and 1850s, it was all too common.

by Joanne B. Freeman via Washington Post on June 15, 2017

Lynching in America

A new digital exhibit confronts the legacy of racial terror.

via Equal Justice Initiative on June 13, 2017

Robert E. Lee monument.

Confederate History is American History

New Orleans shouldn't have removed its Robert E. Lee statue.

by Quentin B. Fairchild via The American Conservative on June 11, 2017

Jackson statue outside the White House.

Trump's Jacksonian Moment

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history, and reveals disturbing parallels between the 1830s and the Trump era.

by Richard White via Boston Review on June 7, 2017

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

The visualizations condense an enormous amount of data into a set of aesthetically daring and easily digestible visualisations.

via The Public Domain Review on June 6, 2017

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau: A Radical for All Seasons

The surprising persistence of Henry David Thoreau.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on June 1, 2017

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