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People Are Upset That Houston Spent Money To Change The Names Of Schools...
The debate over what to do with the schools, statues, monuments, and flags that pay tribute to the icons of the Confederacy has been ongoing, but a turning point came in June 2015, when a white man...
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Removing Confederate Monuments Won’t Erase History, But Could Correct It
On August 11, white supremacists and neo-Nazis gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia. The group carried tiki torches, chanting “Sieg heil,” and “You will not replace us” (or “Jews will not replace us,”...
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One Day in Texas, Two Different Responses to Our Confederate Legacy
On April 26, citing its intent to celebrate the history and culture of the region, the Panola County Commissioner’s Court celebrated Confederate Memorial Day—ignoring the most highly decorated soldier...
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Why Texas Still Celebrates Confederate Heroes Day
One of Texas’s most enduring memorials to the Confederacy isn’t a statue cast in bronze or a plaque dedicated to the Lost Cause. It’s a state holiday the Texas Legislature created in 1973, more than...
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A Southwestern University Frat Tried to End Confederate Traditions—and Was...
In 2015, the year I enrolled at Southwestern University in Georgetown, the campus chapter of Kappa Alpha Order removed a portrait of Robert E. Lee that had hung over the fraternity house’s fireplace....
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“It’s Going to Start a Civil War”: A Midland School Discards Its Confederate...
“It’s a shame they make those boys play under Lee,” young Denise Gray heard her father muttering as he sat in his favorite living room chair, watching the Midland Robert E. Lee Rebels football team on...
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Set After the Civil War, ‘The Sweetness of Water’ Is Eerily Relevant
Nathan Harris’ extraordinary debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, takes place in the fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, in the waning days of the Civil War. In the wake of the Emancipation...
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UNTIL WE SAT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS last December and talked about our separate views of America, my guess was that University of Dallas professor and political essayist Mel Bradford had cloven hooves...
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