Confederacy

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  8/6/2020
  

  Setting the Lost Cause on Fire

  by Karen L. Cox

  Once revered by their communities, the United Daughters of the Confederacy today are simply out of step with change sweeping the South and the nation.

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• SOURCE: WAMC
  8/4/2020
  

  Gillibrand Urges Removal Of Confederate Symbols At West Point

  The symbols include a portrait of Robert E. Lee, several locations named after Lee and a road named after Sontewall Jackson.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/6/2020
  

  The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments

  They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  8/4/2020
  

  History, Civil Rights and the Original Cancel Culture

  by Keri Leigh Merritt and Chris Richardson

  Confederate monuments valorize a political movement that violently "cancelled" interracial movements to improve the lives of poor southerners. 

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  8/4/2020
  

  Named For The Enemy

  by Ty Seidule

  "The military has perhaps the most diverse workforce in the country. That is something to be proud of. Yet we must ensure that no one who volunteers to protect America works in a place named for someone who committed treason to protect slavery."

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• SOURCE: AL.com
  8/5/2020
  

  Confederate Monument Defaced in Downtown Huntsville

  Both the Madison County Commission, which has jurisdiction over the statue, and the Huntsville City Council have passed resolutions calling for the statue to be moved to the city-owned Maple Hill Cemetery.

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• SOURCE: Bill Moyers
  7/30/2020
  

  Bill Talks with Heather Cox Richardson About ‘How the South Won the Civil War’

  It's all about America’s ongoing battle between oligarchy and democracy.

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• SOURCE: Nashville Tennessean
  7/30/2020
  

  Southern Newspapers were Vocal Supporters of the Confederacy. It Lasted for Generations

  For most of American history, newspapers in the South supported the people and systems that promoted and maintained prejudice and discrimination.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/31/2020
  

  The Next Lost Cause?

  by Caroline E. Janney

  The South’s mythology glamorized a noble defeat. Trump backers may do the same.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  8/3/2020
  

  'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over Its Confederate Statue

  "We're not asking them to destroy the statue," McFarland said. "We're asking them to remove it. I no longer want to have my taxpayer dollars keeping this symbol of hate and racism erected here on the courthouse square."

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• 8/2/2020
  

  Learning from Lincoln: Meeting Crisis with Action

  by William L. Barney

  The United States is at a crossroads. The path chosen will determine whether contemporary America resumes its role as a beacon of hope and progress to the rest of the world or joins the Confederate slaveholders of the past among history’s losers. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/26/2020
  

  A Liberal Town Built Around Confederate Generals Rethinks Its Identity

  The town finds itself reassessing its identity, divided between the growing imperative to eradicate symbols of slavery and decades of cultural and economic ties to the Confederates who fought to preserve it.

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• 8/2/2020
  

  The Mississippi Flag and the Shadow of Lynching

  by David T.Z. Mindich

  Lynching helped to raise the odious flag in 1894.  But in 2020, hundreds of thousands of marchers protesting the lynching of George Floyd brought the flag down. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/25/2020
  

  As Confederate Monuments Tumble, Die-Hards Are Erecting Replacements

  Groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy are organizing the pushback.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/25/2020
  

  Across Virginia, Local Officials Weigh Taking Down Reminders Of Confederate Legacy

  Virginia has more Confederate statues than any other state, according to Julie V. Langan, director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/24/2020
  

  Confederate Memorials Quietly Removed from Virginia Capitol Overnight

  “Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants,” House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn said in an emailed statement, condemning the Confederate ideology as based on maintaining slavery.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  7/22/2020
  

  Historian on the Antidemocratic Reality of the Confederacy (video)

  Columbia University history professor Stephanie McCurry joined CBSN to discuss how the history of the Confederacy was rewritten over the years to obscure its oppressive and antidemocratic reality.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  7/22/2020
  

  House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From U.S. Capitol

  The bipartisan vote to banish the statues from display was the latest step in a nationwide push to remove historical symbols of racism and oppression from public places.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  7/19/2020
  

  Replace the Alexander Hamilton Stephens Statue With One of John Lewis

  by Isaac J. Bailey

  Stephens's "Cornerstone" speech declared the Confederacy's dedication to slavery and white supremacy. His statue in the U.S. Capitol should be replaced with a statue of a champion of democracy.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7/19/2020
  

  Trump Equates Support for Confederate Flag with Black Lives Matter

  Trump said on Sunday, “I’m not offended either by Black Lives Matter, that’s freedom of speech. You know the whole thing with cancel culture – we can’t cancel our whole history. We can’t forget that the north and the south fought.”