The current social media dust-up between the National Basketball Association and China reflects the stark differences between the ways the [...]
News From Around the South 10/7 to 10/14
VIRGINIA: Researchers Excavate Civil War-Era ‘Ghost Fleet’
SUFFOLK, Va. – What lies beneath? That’s the big question a group of archeologists [...]
Oct10
Barred From Removing Confederate Statues, Cities Contextualize Them Instead
on October 10th, 2019 at 3:20 pmIn Franklin, Tennessee, a lifesize statue of a Confederate soldier, referred to by locals as “Chip,” stands atop a 31-foot base in the center of the city’s public square. The statue was dedicated in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and is meant to commemorate the contributions of soldiers in the Civil War, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Historic Sites Expand Slavery Interpretations
In recent years, Charleston-area historic sites have dramatically increased their interpretation of slavery and its vital role in the area’s early history.
And some visitors have pushed back, uneasy with hearing a story many feel reflects [...]
Women Edited Out of Civil War
Statues of men in uniform, Union and Confederate, astride their big horses, still dot the landscape of the North and the South: Brave men, no doubt, but where were the women during those bloody years? Consider not [...]