Lost Cause

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/19/2020
  

  Northam Calls for VMI Investigation after Black Cadets Describe Relentless Racism

  Virginia's governor has called for investigation of the culture of the state-run institution, where Black students have described an entrenched culture of racism and veneration of the Confederacy. 

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• SOURCE: Skipped History
  10/15/2020
  

  How Mississippi Got Away with Teaching Racist History (Skipped History)

  It took litigation to drag Mississippi's history instruction out of the Lost Cause mythology. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/19/2020
  

  Fraternity that Reveres Robert E. Lee Faces Revolt over Racism

  A Texas chapter of Kappa Alpha called for the national fraternity to repudiate its veneration of the Confederacy, sparking a firestorm among active members and alumni about the place of the Lost Cause and Robert E. Lee in the organization's culture. 

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• SOURCE: Facing South
  10/8/2000
  

  Confederate 'Lost Cause' Defenders Run to Keep Seats in Southern Legislatures

  There are three state legislators, all Republicans, now up for reelection across the region who have continued to promote Lost Cause lies through legislation and other official efforts. They are Rep. Tommy Benton of Georgia, Rep. Larry Pittman of North Carolina, and Sen. Joey Hensley of Tennessee.

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• SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
  9/22/2020
  

  Alabama's State Archives Confronts Its Racist Past

  In June, leaders formally acknowledged the department’s past role in perpetuating racism and so-called “lost cause” ideals.

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• SOURCE: JSTOR Daily
  8/24/2020
  

  Women’s Clubs and the “Lost Cause”

  Women’s clubs were popular after the Civil War among white and Black women. But white clubwomen used their influence to ingrain racist curriculum in schools.

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  7/27/2020
  

  The History of America’s Most Racist Frat Was No Secret—Except to Joe Kennedy III

  “The Birth of a Nation” was based on a Kappa Alpha member’s book. The frat—which still hails Robert E. Lee as its “spiritual founder”—praised the film for showing its Klan ties.

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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: Arkansas Democrat & Gazette
  7/12/2020
  

  Arkansas History Books Carried Rebel Slant

  Arkansas historians Kenneth Barnes and Carl H. Moneyhon discuss the political influence of Confederate sympathizers and white supremacy over the content of history books in the state. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  7/1/2020
  

  Europe in 1989, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause

  by David W. Blight

  We should not celebrate too much as monuments topple and old slave-auction blocks are removed. History did not end when the Soviet Union dissolved, and it will not end now, even if a vibrant movement sweeps a new age of civil rights into America. Most of all, we must remember what the Lost Cause is and was before we try to call it past.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/9/19
  

  A University’s Betrayal of Historical Truth

  by David W. Blight, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kevin M. Levin

  The University of North Carolina agreed to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million—a sum that rivals the endowment of its history department.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/8/19
  

  Nikki Haley gets the history of the Confederate flag very wrong

  by Adam H. Domby

  On Friday, Haley declared the Confederate flag was “hijacked” by the racism of a single white supremacist terrorist in 2015, and that before then, “people saw it as service, sacrifice and heritage.” 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  12/7/19
  

  Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash

  She told the conservative radio host Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it.

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• SOURCE: Virginia Mercury
  12/6/19
  

  ‘We’re telling history now’: New Lost Cause exhibit opens at Richmond museum

  Includes a qutoe from Melvin Patrick Ely, a College of William & Mary history professor.

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Origins of the Lost Cause Myth

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  States’ rights and slavery, while theoretically distinct, were in praxis intertwined. Here's what a Jeffersonian analysis of Jubal Early’s lost-cause apologia can teach us.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/12/19
  

  How historians got Nike to pull an ad campaign — in under six hours

  by Megan Kate Nelson

  The multinational corporation dropped its “Lost Cause” ads after historians pushed back.

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• 7/15/18
  

  The Overlooked Irony of the Red Hen Restaurant Incident

  by Wallace Hettle

  It’s across the street from the home of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, where the myth of the Lost Cause is still celebrated.