The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause” — Public Memory
What happens when the explanation of a historical cause changes after the cause itself becomes difficult to defend?
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Using The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause,” edited by James W. Loewen and Edward H. Sebesta, this Deep Dive investigates how collective memory can change across generations.
The collection places secession declarations, political speeches, sermons, Confederate constitutional material, Reconstruction-era writings, commemorative arguments, and…
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