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Beyond Monuments: African Americans Contesting Civil War Memory

As monuments to white supremacists, slavery-defenders, and Confederate leaders continue to be torn down by politicians or by the people’s

American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for

In 2010, two historians edited a collection of thirteen essays written by white historians about “The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism.”

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the

In a recent interview with Ezra Klein, Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Commission, stated, “What we do in the memorial