Also north american slavery more generally. Her riding has appeared in and civilmonitor war history journal and she is working to compile her phd dissertation into a book. That will be well worth looking into. You can see the powerpoint under the rubble lash, black prisoners of war in the confederate south. She will speak for about 25 minutes, which will give us plenty of time for discussion. You can type in your questions q ag vq and a using the feature. You will not be up to use the chat. In anytimepe those during the talk. We may not be able to get to all of the questions. We will wrap things up by about 8 15. Ok, that is all for me. Please join me in what ever the round of applause may be maybe it is a round of laws. Dr. Newhall . Thank you, paul. Thank you to everybody for being here tonight. Its such a pleasure to share my research with you and go through the details, my findings. This has been a labor of love. I am excited to have and just really try to understand what this time
Circumstances. Throughout the world people have raised questions about the purposes of memorials to whose leaders supported or profited from slavery. Whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint with the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an in stone,titute set monuments, memories, and myths that explores memories and memorialization. We find that the spring has brought a new and urgent crises that requires attention and consideration. This year, more than any in recent memory, demand that and more. We explore some of these questions with you. I am pleased to welcome dr. Hilary clean dr. Hilary and mr. Levin. Both have written about how americans commemorate the civil war and reconstruction. Differingaring perspectives on civil war memorials. They have been active in recent debates. Dr. Green is an associate professor of history in the department of gender and race studies and the coprogram director of the Africanamerica
It, 202 7488001. If you are unsure, 202 7488002. You can also text us at 202 7488003, message us on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. A harris it was from poll that was released on the 23rd of june. 58said that at the time, percent of respondents said the statues should remain, while 42 say they should be removed. A number of confederate monuments were torn down in cities across the United States recently. If you go to the u. S. News website this morning, an activity that took place yesterday in georgia this is reuters reporting a predominantly black group of heavily armed protesters stormed through a park in atlanta, calling for the removal of the confederate rock carving that the site that civil rights activist consider a monument to racism. Many were dressed in paramilitary style clothing and wearing face scarves, quietly parading down the sidewalk at the park. Supremacists have historically used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own. Thats in stom
Wj. cspanwj. You can go to cspan. Org and find a lot of information. Most recently, was on the senate floor. New jersey senator cory booker calling for the removal of confederate statues. Thee cannot separate confederate statues from this history and legacy of White Supremacy. Indeed, in the history of our nation, those confederate statues represent roughly four years of the confederacy. In the history of our country, hail heroes, hailed as heroes people who took up arms against their own nation who sought to keep and sustain slavery. Who let us into the bloodiest war of our countrys history. Battlet battle after until they were defeated soundly. The relics of that fouryear space, giving the sacred to these traitors upon our assault toot just an the ideals of america as a whole , they are painful, insulting injuries being compounded to so Many American citizens. Desireerstand the very to put people represent four plus years of treason, the desire to put them there in an , with vast ter
Constitution. You can hear more from robert byrd who served in the u. S. Senate for more than 50 years, this sunday at 5 00 eastern youre on American History tv on cspan3. At the annual Southern Historical association meeting, a group of professors discussed challenges and strategy for teaching the reconstruction era. They talk about sources and trying to find a balance between National History and local history in survey courses. [laughter] aaron good morning. My name is aaron dean, and i would like to welcome everybody to our panel this morning on teaching reconstruction. We are happy to have cspan here, which is not normally part of these panels. We will get going right on time. I will also explain first we will use this morning and then get out of the way. I will offer just a couple of to kind ofy remarks set things up, and then introduce our panelists, and then they will each talk for a short bit, we are hoping within the fiveminute range and i did not bring a cudgel, but every on