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The Weeping Time: A forgotten history of the largest slave auction ever on American soil
The marker was dedicated on March 3, 2008, 149 years after the slave auction occurred
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A Victory for the Civil War ‘Cyclorama’
A colossal painting, once claimed to depict a Confederate victory, has carried an evolving meaning. Now, a spectacular restoration at the Atlanta History Center unravels its complex tale.
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Where Robert E. Lee's portrait belongs
Ultimately, Robert E. Lee fought for the preservation of slavery, James A. Gagliano says. For that, there can be no equivocation. And removing homages to slavery's defenders sets us on the right path.
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An editor and his newspaper helped build white supremacy in Georgia
Henry W. Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South – and he was willing to ignore lynchings and the exploitation of black labor.
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Talking to a Man Named Mr. Cotton About Slavery and Confederate Monuments
A writer explores the nation’s divide over its Civil War past. He finds that some Confederate monuments cannot be moved.
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‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching
“If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off," Goodloe Sutton told the Montgomery Advertiser, explaining, “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.”
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The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law
How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.
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African-American Civil War Memorial
The first memorial dedicated solely to the African-American troops who fought for the Union.
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The ‘Loyal Slave’ Photo That Explains the Northam Scandal
The governor’s yearbook picture, like many images before it, reinforces the belief that blacks are content in their oppression.
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Slavery Caused the Civil War
Was the Civil War fought over slavery? Shortly after seven southern states had seceded from the Union and joined together as the Confederate States of America, and less than a month before the Confederate military opened fire on Ft. Sumter, the newly elected vice president of the Confederacy, Alexander Stephens, gave a definitive answer. Yes.
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The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History
The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled into students’ memories, but overemphasizing this date distorts history
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Plantations are a dark chapter in American history—here’s why to visit
Louisiana's Whitney Plantation pays homage to the experiences of slaves across the South.
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How a 4-Year-Old's Letter to His Father Survived the Civil War
Scribbles from home, kept safe on the battlefield.
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American Civil War Museum sets grand opening date for May
The eagerly anticipated American Civil War Museum has set a grand opening date of Saturday, May 4.
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Antietam Time Travel: A Veteran of America’s Bloodiest Day Returns
At 4 p.m. on September 18, 1891, Oliver Cromwell Gould, son of 10th Maine Infantry veteran John Mead Gould, took a photograph of Antietam’s East Woods.
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A new Mississippi flag has a surprising champion: A segregationist’s grandchild
Laurin Stennis designed a banner that could change how the world sees a state with a brutal racial history — and perhaps how it sees her famous family.
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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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Fate of Confederate Monuments Stalled by Competing Legal Battles
A cultural reckoning remains distant as both sides quarrel in courts, college campuses and town squares over Confederate symbols in public spaces.
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Jesse James's life of crime began in the bloody violence of the Civil War.
The violence of the U.S. Civil War transformed Jesse James from Missouri farm boy to vicious killer.
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Virginia’s lone black statewide official sits out Robert E. Lee tribute
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a descendant of slaves, called praise for the Confederate general “hurtful” and “divisive.”
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