Lost Cause

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/18/2021
  

  The Lost Cause Resonance of Pledging Allegiance to Flag from January 6 Capitol Attack

  A rally in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin pledged allegiance to a flag carried at the January 6 seige of the Capitol by Trump supporters. Is the day turning into the Lost Cause of the far right?

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• SOURCE: University of Virginia Batten School
  10/11/2021
  

  New Research: More Lynchings in Places with More Confederate Monuments

  Empirical research supports what activists have been saying for decades: Confederate memorials encourage violence in the name of white supremacy.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  9/24/2021
  

  Like the Confederates, it's Dangerous to Let the January 6th Losers Rewrite History

  by Shira Lurie

  The right's effort to recast the events of January 6 as a peaceful protest is a dangerous attempt at rewriting history. The ongoing mythology of the Confederacy shows it needs to be nipped in the bud. 

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• 8/1/2021
  

  Charlottesville's Lee Statue Belongs in a Museum

  by John Troast

  "Charlottesville’s recently removed statue of Robert E. Lee is not a statue of a man, it is a statue of a myth," and the history of that dangerous myth needs to be preserved.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/28/2021
  

  Charles Blow: ‘The Lost Cause’ Is Back

  by Charles M. Blow

  "Republicans are on a political crusade to protect lore and lies. They know that many Americans, many of them their voters, will take a lie over guilt and atonement, every day of the week."

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• SOURCE: Charlotte News & Observer
  7/12/2021
  

  Far-Right Activists Protest with Confederate Flags at UNC’s Unsung Founders Memorial

  Two white supremacists picketed the University of North Carolina's memorial to the free and enslaved Black workers who built the university, the latest incident of racial tension on the campus. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7/4/2021
  

  Manual Advises how to Stop Removal of Confederate Statues: Don’t Mention Race

  "The document is attributed to the highest level of SCV leadership at that time and buttresses its defense of monuments with a detailed account of the civil war which falsely denies the centrality of slavery in the conflict."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/10/2021
  

  Why Confederate Lies Live On

  by Clint Smith

  Throughout the south, and in the minds of Americans, aesthetics and idealized depictions of valor continue to obscure the fact that the Confederacy fought to maintain a social order based on the ownership of human beings and white supremacy.

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• SOURCE: Mississippi Free Press
  4/12/2021
  

  ‘Darn’ Tootin’ It Is!’: Gov. Tate Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says

  While official state web pages have not posted such a proclamation, Governor Tate Reeves has apparently signed a proclamation again declaring April Confederate Heritage Month, as posted on the Facebook page of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Rankin County, MS. Writer Donna Ladd says Reeves' proclamation equates the Union and Confederate causes in the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: WWLTV
  4/9/2021
  

  Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair Stolen from Alabama Cemetery Found in New Orleans, 2 Arrested

  The chair was recovered in New Orleans, and two suspects have been arrested with a third at large. 

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• SOURCE: TedEd
  3/1/2021
  

  Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause: A Lie Embedded in American History

  by Karen L. Cox

  Karen L. Cox examines the cultural myth of the Lost Cause.

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• SOURCE: Virginian-Pilot
  3/1/2021
  

  How a Wave of Segregationist Tributes, from Streets to Schools, Entrenched the Idea of White Supremacy

  Understanding the stakes of renaming public buildings, streets, or schools requires understanding the purposeful politics that attached the names of Confederates to public spaces a century ago, say Virginia historians Dan Margolies and Calvin Pearson.

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• SOURCE: Muster
  2/23/2021
  

  The Necessity of National Unity: Defeated Confederates’ International Appeals to Unity

  by Ann Tucker

  Defeated Confederate partisans found justification and support for national reunification without accountability by pointing selectively to the contentious politics of the European nationalist movement. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/5/2021
  

  A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause (Review)

  West Point historian Ty Seidule's book traces his own personal path from venerating the Lost Cause myth of the Confederacy to rejecting it, including questioning the number of monuments to Robert E. Lee at the US Military Academy. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/30/2021
  

  Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward

  by Mitch Landrieu

  Full accountability for the Capitol Riot is essential lest white supremacists and other extremists take the lesson that their actions are accepted and permitted. The white supremacist massacres of the post-Reconstruction period show that moving on without accountability is impossible. 

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• SOURCE: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow
  1/22/2021
  

  Keri Leigh Merritt on White Myths, Lost Causes & True History

  A discussion of the continued relevance of Confederate Lost Cause mythology in the January 6 Capitol riots. 

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• SOURCE: FAIR
  1/15/2021
  

  Keri Leigh Merritt on the New Lost Cause

  Independent historian Keri Leigh Merritt talks with FAIR's CounterSpin about the problem with the media calling the January 6 Capitol riots "unprecedented." 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/14/2021
  

  Five Myths about the Lost Cause

  by Karen L. Cox

  At this time, it's worth examining the particular tenets of the Confederate Lost Cause mythology because of how pervasive they remain and because they may be a template for narratives of resentment and betrayal that are developing now.

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• SOURCE: Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
  1/12/2021
  

  Another Cold War: Documenting America's Cold Civil War

  A discussion of the ongoing impact of Lost Cause mythologies includes the work of new HNN blogger Ann Banks. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/8/2021
  

  What Trump Shares With the ‘Lost Cause’ of the Confederacy

  by Karen L. Cox

  The Lost Cause mythology built around Donald Trump's claims to have won the 2020 election will outlive him and potentially fuel a dangerous reactionary political movement for years to come.