Touring the Deep South, Where the Confederacy Is Set in Stone

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 16, 2018 | Article, Truth and Reconciliation

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. ...

The unsung founders deserve better

by lindaoppenheim | Nov 26, 2017 | Opinion, Truth and Reconciliation

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 the University of North...

Memory and History: The Meaning and Future of Monuments in the Aftermath of Charlottesville. Panel Discussion, September 12

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 1, 2017 | Events

The Monuments Must Go: An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion

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 of a...

Confederate Monuments: Where Are They? What’s Happening to Them?

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Article

Did you think that all Confederate monuments were south of the Mason-Dixon line?  This map in the New York Times illustrates the extent of their distribution along with photos and text about their removal.