Confederate Monuments

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• 3/17/19
  

  Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue: A Southern Unionist’s Viewpoint

  by Elizabeth Varon

  Elizabeth Van Lew was a Southerner who supported the Union. She--and other Southern Unionists--deepen our understanding of the Civil War and its legacies. 

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• SOURCE: CSU History Department
  3/13/19
  

  WATCH LIVE ONLINE: From Silent Sam to Phnom Pehn: Monuments and Memorials in History and Myth

  Information on a live online history lecture. Watch on March 13th!

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• SOURCE: Dallas News
  2/2/19
  

  As a historian, my instinct was to preserve Confederate monuments, but I changed my mind

  by W. Marvin Dulaney

  After taking a closer look at them and the historical lies that they present and perpetuate, and the reverence that they hold upon the nation's landscape I was convinced that all of them need to come down. 

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• SOURCE: Daily Memphian
  12-20-2018
  

  Some Civil War monuments need to go, others ought to stay, and still others should be built

  by Michael Nelson

  There are Confederate monuments, and there are Confederate monuments.

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  12-18-2018
  

  The complex task of writing history

  As more voices weigh in on historical markers, every word is under extra scrutiny

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  12-17-2018
  

  Historians Should End Silence on Silent Sam

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  It’s precisely because the statue embodies white supremacy that it should remain on the campus, in a history center that tells its full and hateful story. And my fellow historians should be the first people to say that.

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• SOURCE: Special to HNN
  12/17/2018
  

  Nathan B. Forrest’s descendants file suit against Memphis

  by Ed Hooper

  They are seeking the return of the Charles Niehaus statue removed December 2017 from Health Sciences Park in the city.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  12/15/2018
  

  VA secretary gave inaccurate answers on pro-Confederate ties during confirmation process

  His comments stand in contradiction to what his spokesman told CNN's KFile team last week

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  12-14-2018
  

  North Carolina Board Rejects Chapel Hill’s Controversial Plan for Silent Sam

  Silent Sam’s fate remains uncertain.

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  12-7-2018
  

  Silent Sam Protesters at Chapel Hill Embrace a New Tactic: a ‘Grade Strike’

  Just as the fall semester is set to close, activists say, at least 79 teaching assistants and instructors have joined a rare “grade strike,” pledging to withhold more than 2,000 final grades unless the university meets their conditions.

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• SOURCE: Dallas News
  12-6-2018
  

  University of Texas to re-erect statue of James Hogg after removing it in 2017 because of Confederate ties

  UT President Gregory Fenves made the announcement in a letter to the UT community Thursday, lauding the first Texas-born governor's contributions to the state while acknowledging that he was a child during the Civil War with a "complicated and nuanced legacy."

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• SOURCE: Atlantic
  12/3/18
  

  Silent Sam Survives

  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced its recommendation that the school build a new, $5.3 million building to house the Confederate monument.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  11-29-18 (accessed)
  

  The Costs of the Confederacy

  In the last decade alone, American taxpayers have spent at least $40 million on Confederate monuments and groups that perpetuate racist ideology.

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• SOURCE: My Northwest
  10-30-18
  

  Group puts up billboard calling for removal of Seattle Confederate monument

  The Make It Right Project recently put up a billboard in Capitol Hill, reminding Seattleites of the presence of a Confederate memorial right in its backyard. That memorial can be found in Lakeview Cemetery.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-22-18
  

  Confederate pride and prejudice

  Some white Northerners see a flag rooted in racism as a symbol of patriotism.

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• SOURCE: AP
  10-15-18
  

  Feds spending millions to beef up security at Confederate monuments, cemeteries

  The Department of Veterans Affairs has spent nearly $3 million on Confederate cemetery security since August 2017, records obtained by the AP show.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-18-18
  

  Stone Mountain: The Largest Confederate Monument Problem in the World

  A gathering at Stone Mountain Park, just east of Atlanta, was organized by a group called the OneRace Movement, whose leaders sought to “depoliticize and bring restoration and healing” to the place.

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• 10-15-18
  

  Confederate monuments stir emotions, but 'generally not a voting issue' in Alabama

  A recent poll placed Confederate monuments nearly last among the 18 biggest issues facing Alabama this campaign season.

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• 10/21/18
  

  Even “Good Statues” Have Their Problems

  by Alan Singer

  A case in point.

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• SOURCE: Regina Leader-Post
  9-28-18
  

  Historians are pondering Canada’s statue dilemma, too

  It’s the subject of public debate during Indigenous research week.