Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, instigated the first broad calls for their removal.
What is clear is that from the late nineteenth century until today, Confederate monuments were part of a relentless propaganda campaign to restore the South’s reputation at dedication ceremonies, ...
On the day when President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the NAACP in South Carolina called on ... from above the dome to next to the Confederate Soldier’s Memorial as part of a compromise ...