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In Richmond, churches retrace the path of the enslaved to confront their own history

Two Episcopal churches whose histories were shaped by Richmond’s role as a slave-trading center and the capital of the Confederacy have designed a “Walking with the Enslaved” pilgrimage, which they hope will open the eyes of fellow Richmonders to their city’s racist history

The Independent UK

A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump's efforts to reshape how history is told

The Trump administration has restored a memorial to Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators took it down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020

The Independent UK

The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too close

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I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right

In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four years after it was toppled in Virginia.

The Conversation

Most Americans support keeping Confederate history alive, poll shows

The social reckoning following the murder of George Floyd prompted many communities to remove Confederate monuments. Now, some are backtracking

Latin Times

An Unholy Traffic: how the slave trade continued through the US civil war

In a new book, Robert KD Colby of the University of Mississippi shows how the Confederacy remained committed to slavery

The Guardian - US

Trump the Confederate

The Supreme Court should consider those fake elector documents as MAGA’s de facto proclamation of secession

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US presidential hopeful Haley fails to say slavery caused Civil War

The GOP presidential contender later amended her response to a question from an attendee at a campaign event.

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Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery

A Confederate memorial's days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered

The Independent UK

National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice

The landmark Washington National Cathedral has unveiled new stained-glass windows with a theme of racial justice

The Independent UK

Americans in former Confederate states more likely to say violent protest against government is justified, 160 years after Gettysburg

Over the July Fourth long weekend, people will pour into the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the 160th anniversary of one of the deadliest battles in U.S. history.

The Conversation

The new Daughter of the Confederacy

The Southern Pride of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Salon

Texas Army base Fort Hood is renamed for Hispanic 4-star general Richard Cavazos

The redesignation of the installation is part of the military's larger effort to rename bases and other sites associated with the Confederacy. Cavazos is the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.

WEKU

Mocking MTG won't save us from civil war

It's not just trolling. Republican threats of civil war should be taken seriously

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West Point moves to erase Confederate symbols including portrait of former superintendent Robert E Lee

The U.S. Military Academy in West Point will begin taking down memorials commemorating figures of the Confederacy

WEKU

West Point will remove Confederate symbols from its campus

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

The Independent UK

West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus

The U.S. Military Academy in West Point will begin taking down memorials commemorating figures of the Confederacy

Al Jazeera

US city removes last public Confederate statue

Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, ordered Confederate symbols removed amid 2020 racial justice protests across US.

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Virginia capital removes last public Confederate monument

A Black-owned construction business on Monday dismantled and removed the last public Confederate statue on display in Richmond, Virginia, the city that served as the capital of the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.

The Independent UK

Richmond to remove its last public Confederate monument

The city of Richmond _ the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War _ is set to remove its last public Confederate statue

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Stone Mountain Park leaders to choose truth-telling exhibit creator

ATLANTA — A year-and-a-half after its creation was approved, leaders at Stone Mountain Park may finally choose a company to build a new museum exhibit aimed at “telling the truth” about the park’s ties to the Confederacy and white supremacy.

The Independent UK

Panel advises removal of Confederate statue at Arlington

An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Prophets, 'Pizzagaters' and an Oath Keeper: A field guide to Doug Mastriano World

It’s now September — that time of year when political candidates start changing their colors weeks ahead of the autumn leaves. None more so than Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who in his right-wing media hits — the Christian nationalist continues to shun mainstream outlets, with the…

Salon

Trumpism without Trump: Still dangerous

Trump's 2020 "Lost Cause" ideology has taught Republicans how to seize power — and they may not need him anymore

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