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Charlottesville, VA Liberation and Freedom Day, March 3
For the first time since World War II, Charlottesville won’t honor Thomas Jefferson’s birthday this spring. Instead, on Tuesday, the city will celebrate the demise of slavery with a new holiday, Liberation and Freedom Day, commemorating the arrival of Union…
Read MoreTouring the Deep South, Where the Confederacy Is Set in Stone
Journalists John Eligon and Trymaine Lee recently toured Southern states to take a measure of attitudes toward preserving the history of the Confederacy and slavery. Among those interviewed were descendants of enslavers, including Jefferson Davis, and enslaved. Opinions expressed include:…
Read MoreThe unsung founders deserve better
How to recognize how deeply white supremacy is ingrained in ourselves and our institutions and how difficult it is to create a suitable commemoration of those who suffered the greatest impact is evident in this reflection about a memorial on…
Read MoreMemory and History: The Meaning and Future of Monuments in the Aftermath of Charlottesville. Panel Discussion, September 12
Read MoreThe Monuments Must Go: An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.
William Jackson Christian and Warren Edmund Christian state clearly why the statue of their ancestor, the Confederate general, should be removed. “Our sense of justice leads us to believe that removing the Stonewall statue and other monuments should be part…
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