Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate

The AHA compiled statements that our members, fellow historical societies, AHA Council members, and staff have made in op-eds, interviews, and other media ...

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 ...

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

Historians debate America's history of racism and Confederate monuments ... Protesters have dismounted several statues around the world.

Confederate monuments spark debate about history - ABC News

According to a Congressional Naming Commission Report, hundreds of Confederate monuments -- including names, symbols, monuments, and ...

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

Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate: Historical Society Statements ; Published Date. December 1, 2018 ; Resource Type. AHA Resource, For the Classroom, ...

I've studied the history of Confederate memorials. Here's what to do ...

The debate over Confederate monuments has been framed by President Donald Trump — and some who share his views — as a fight between those ...

Pro and Con: Historic Statue Removal in the United States | Britannica

The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from United States, and lost the Civil War.

Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History

But his argument that they are benign symbols of America's past is misleading. An overwhelming majority of Confederate memorials weren't erected ...

Confederate Statues Symbolize Role of Racism in America - RAND

The renewed debate about monuments to historical figures associated with the Confederacy ... Military historians can argue about the ...

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

The history infused in Confederate monuments became a tool to justify and maintain white supremacy. Absent in the collective memory represented ...

The debate over Confederate monuments and how to remember the ...

They say the monuments offer a rosy and incomplete understanding of history by ignoring the real horrors of slavery and obscuring the causes and ...

Destroying Confederate monuments isn't erasing history

Every symbol of the Confederacy — flags, monuments and statues and the names of Confederate soldiers on military bases — upholds white supremacy ...

Heritage Or Hate? Debate Over Confederate Statues Heats Up In ...

Comments434 ; SME Confederate Flag Debate. SM East Harbinger · 4.5M views ; Erasing history?: The debate over Confederate monuments. ABC News · 112K ...

SAH Statement on The Removal of Monuments to the Confederacy ...

SAH supports and encourages the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces. Adopted 19 June 2020. Society of Architectural Historians

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

Herein, we show that Confederate monuments are tied to a history of racial violence. Specifically, we find that the number of lynching victims ...

Memorialization of Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause - Arlington ...

The complex relationship between Robert E. Lee and memorials began in Lee's lifetime. He argued against creating Confederate war monuments on ...

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 ...

Debating and Removing Monuments | C-SPAN.org

Historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed talked about recent debates over historical monuments ... Harold Holzer on Confederate Monument ...

Confederate monuments and the problem of forgetting - Sage Journals

... history'. In ... Although the statue park approach has not received much attention in the Confederate monument debate, jurisdictions including Lexington.

Material Culture and the Confederate Monument Debate

One of the most common arguments in the current debate is that to remove Confederate monuments is to “white-wash” U.S. history. The problem ...