Historians debate America's history of racism and Confederate ...

Historians have debated the issue for decades, with some saying cities and other locales should keep the sculptures intact and accept the ...

Why Confederate monuments are coming down now | Stanford Report

Controversies over Confederate monuments and memorials are part of an overdue racial reckoning for America, says Stanford historian · James ...

Confederate Statues Symbolize Role of Racism in America - RAND

The renewed debate in the United States about monuments to historical figures associated with the Confederacy is part of the larger debate about the role of ...

How the Confederate battle flag became an enduring symbol of racism

By the early 20th century, white Southerners had mythologized an imagined South that fought the war not to uphold slavery but to protect states' ...

Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American ...

The fight rests on a debate over whether these monuments represent racism (“hate”) or something ostensibly devoid of racism (“heritage,” “ ...

Historians Debate America's History of Racism and Confederate ...

Historians Debate America's History of Racism and Confederate Monuments. Statues have long been a way to honor leaders, benefactors, heroes and the war dead, ...

Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate: Historical Society ...

Published Date. December 1, 2018 ; Resource Type. AHA Resource, For the Classroom, Vetted Resource ; Thematic. African American, Cultural, Current Events in ...

Historian puts the push to remove Confederate statues in context

... U.S. to remove Confederate and other statues viewed as symbols of slavery and racism. ... American Legal History at Harvard Law School. She ...

What the Confederate flag really means to America today, according ...

"You can't filter out the racism and leave what's pure and historical in the flag, because that purity doesn't exist."

Americans debate tearing down statues of racist historical figures

There are renewed debates across the U.S. about whether to tear down statues dedicated to racist historical figures.

Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate: AHA Member Op ...

Articles written by members of the American Historical Association on the debate over Confederate monuments ... Justin Behrend, “Steeped in Racism ...

Confederate monuments spark debate about history - ABC News

uttered 'Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia,' racial and historical ... Confederate heroes as American heroes," said SPLC historian ...

Historians: 'Defending history' is complicated in US (Opinion) - CNN

... history of the Confederacy, the Civil War and race in the US ... For those of us following the Confederate monument debate, the violence in ...

The Confederate debate in my blood: My cousin Robert E Lee

A personal story of owning and learning from a legacy associated with modern interpretations of racism in the US.

Confederate Monuments: Heritage, Racism, Anachronism, and Who ...

This article explores how middle and high school teachers can use historical and contemporary debates to explore. (1) how public art tells a story; (2) how that ...

Removing Racism or Erasing History? The Modern Confederate ...

I conclude with the outcomes of the recent removals of monuments in New Orleans and Dallas and address how this debate connects to the larger issue of racial ...

Race in America: The Historical Monuments Debate

... racial justice to equity and opportunity, but also into the removal of Confederate statues. And Mitch, you were in the middle of it there in ...

As monuments fall, how does the world reckon with a racist past?

White Americans must understand that slavery is not about black history. It is American history. It is the history of the victims and the ...

Survey: 75% of Americans say Confederate monuments should not ...

Black respondents in general view Confederate symbols as a sign of racism by a 2-to-1 margin over white respondents. The survey also showed that ...

Why the fuss over Confederate statues? - BBC

... America's history of slavery and racial oppression. Recent decisions by local governments to remove those memorials has triggered a backlash ...