Protesting the Confederacy on Campus
For fifty years, Middle Tennessee State University’s black students have protested the pervasiveness of the Confederacy on their campus. This is their story, from the past to the present.
Tag: Confederate Monuments
Erasure is a Slippery Slope
There is a narrative of racism that permeates all of Decatur, Georgia that goes much deeper than a stone monument.
White Supremacy and the Landscapes of Memory in Richmond, Virginia in the 1960s
It might seem that memory and heritage have lost their power to excite political action and are no longer the medium through which white supremacy is asserted. Yet Lost Cause mythology has never gone away and maintains its firm grip on the thoughts and emotions of many white Americans.
No Country for Johnny Reb or Bobby Lee
Removal without consideration of the historical context that led to their placement and the social wounds inflicted by white supremacy that are continually reopened in communities around the nation does nothing to resolve structural racism and heal those wounds.
Monuments and Power in Urban Spaces: Looking at New Orleans, Louisiana from São Paulo, Brazil
The removal of monuments in New Orleans has captured national attention, with reports of tempers flaring and tensions rising among protestors and counter-protestors in one of the country’s most historically and culturally significant cities.
