Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate

Debate: Should We Tear Down Historical Monuments?

The primary justification is that these statues consist of Confederate soldiers, political figures that “embraced the racial hierarchy,” or had ...

New UVA Study Finds Correlation Between Lynchings and ...

The contentious debates over Confederate monuments are often framed as battles between differing opinions, but "at the center of these debates ...

US Confederate monuments: What is the debate about? - Al Jazeera

We answer the most asked questions on Confederate statues and list those monuments that are being taken down.

Erasing history?: The debate over Confederate monuments - YouTube

ABC News' Martha Raddatz sits down with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, co-CEO of the American Civil War Museum Christy Coleman, ...

Opinion | You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a ...

Dead Confederates are honored all over this country — with cartoonish private statues, solemn public monuments and even in the names of United ...

Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments | PBS News

Academics and writers vigorously debate his sentiments and strengths, but historians seem to agree on Lee's views about memorials. “He said he ...

Why Are There SO Many Confederate Monuments? | Season 2 - PBS

Those in favor of keeping the symbols and statues argued that these signs were indicative of US history and even if they were abhorrent, they ...

There's a new way to deal with Confederate monuments: Signs that ...

Nonetheless, a vocal contingent of Americans and historians assert that removing the Confederate statues is the only way to challenge the false, ...

Confederate monuments and the problem of forgetting - Sage Journals

This mythic history views slavery as a benevolent system and argues that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. It presents Confederate ...

"Law in the Shadows of Confederate Monuments" by Deborah R ...

historians have come forward to clarify that these statues were erected not ... monument debate have failed, largely due to the government speech doctrine.

The Monuments Debate: One Historian's Take - Query the Past

The Monuments Debate: One Historian's Take · Monuments Debate Civil War New England Civil War monuments in Littleton and Chester, New Hampshire ( ...

Why the fuss over Confederate statues? - BBC

It's been over 150 years since the last shots were fired in the US Civil War, but a debate still rages over how history will remember the ...

A Tale of Two Cities: New Orleans and the Fight Over Confederate ...

Because debates over removal of these statues are part of a regional movement, what has been lost in most media coverage of these disputes is ...

Tear Down the Confederate Monuments—But What Next? 12 Art ...

Taking down Confederate monuments does not mean erasing the history of the Civil War, the Confederacy, or even white supremacy. Public monuments ...

Is Removing Confederate Monuments Like Erasing History?

Debates about the appropriateness of honoring Confederate legends with memorials, eponymous roads and buildings are taking place nationwide.

Confederate Statues Were Built To Further A 'White Supremacist ...

As President Trump doubled down on his defense of Confederate statues and monuments this week, he overlooked an important fact noted by ...

Opinion | Confederate Statues and 'Our' History - The New York Times

... Confederacy. We have come a long way from the days of the Dred Scott decision. But our public monuments have not kept up. The debate ...

Video Erasing history?: The debate over Confederate monuments

ABC News' Martha Raddatz sits down with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, co-CEO of the American Civil War Museum Christy Coleman, ...

Why America is wrestling with Confederate monuments | PBS News

The events of recent weeks have intensified a national conversation about Confederate monuments, with calls to remove them from public spaces.

Confederate Monument Debate - Catholic University Communications

And he emphasizes that removing these memorials isn't about erasing history but about confronting it — the history of the Civil War and ...