civil war
Writing black troops out of Civil War history paved way for Jim Crow
November 18, 2015"If we don't tell our own story it will not be told."
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Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
June 29, 2015What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.
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Confederate flags, monuments, going down in wake of massacre
June 26, 2015Politicians across the South are distancing themselves from the Confederate battle flag, but tributes to slaveocracy and its racist legacy persist around the country.
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S. Carolina leaders call for removing Confederate flag from statehouse grounds
June 22, 2015The Confederate flag features prominently in photos of the white youth arrested and charged with the murders.
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Historians: History is more than an academic exercise
April 21, 2015"History shapes and molds our perceptions of our past, present and future; it informs and builds a narrative: it provides lessons applicable to today's reality."
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