Oct 24, 2019
This was a notoriously racist book published in 1904. This book was sold by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in their merchandise catalog starting at least in 2004. The last catalog to offer for sale the book was the 2015-2016 merchandise catalog. The SCV catalog recommends the book stating that it is "a...
Oct 23, 2019
Stephen Dill Lee is a hero to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the author of what is called "The Charge" which is held to be the reason for the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Lee wrote on lynching of African Americans in the South which he asserts is the fault of African American men being rapists. Lee argues...
Oct 18, 2019
What is neo-Confederacy? How is it different than the Lost Cause and what is the Lost Cause anyways.
Ed Sebesta co-editor of "Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction," Univ. of Texas Press, and co-editor of "The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader, explains what neo-Confederacy is and what neo-Confederates...
Oct 18, 2019
Defenders of Confederate memorialization nowdays will not defend the Confederacy or slavery, but instead will try to defend it on other grounds such as they are defending history. They will frequently agree with those who want to take down a Confederate monument in their assessement of the historical past but only...
Oct 17, 2019
Though Confederate monuments are coming down, it is largely outside the former Confederate states where there are the most Confederate monuments. Many former Confederate states have passed laws to prevent Confederate monuments from being removed. This podcast discusses what we need to do to remove Confederate monuments....