Howard students wore nooses in the 1930s as part of a protest effort. Now, these UNC students do, too.

by lindaoppenheim | Jan 1, 2019 | Article

 Susan Svrluga describes how a protest against lynching by Howard University students in the 1930s set an example for University of North Carolina protesting the statue on campus known as Silent Sam that honors the Confederacy.  To read the article, click...

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. ...

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...

New Orleans begins to take down Confederate statues

by lindaoppenheim | Apr 24, 2017 | Article, News

Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation of racism and white supremacy.