White Supremacy

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• SOURCE: Hattiesburg American
  7/2/2020
  

  Confederate Monument in Mississippi City Pays Tribute to Past that Never Was

  by William Sturkey

  That monument does not deserve its place of reverence. It never did. And it’s never too late to tell the truth.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  7/1/2020
  

  The 1898 Wilmington Massacre Is an Essential Lesson in How State Violence Has Targeted Black Americans

  by David Zucchino

  The coup was the natural outgrowth of North Carolina’s – and America’s – long history of relying on white police to perpetuate white supremacy amid fears of Black uprisings.

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  7/1/2020
  

  Mount Rushmore Historian: Monument 'Is Like A Rorschach, It Says Different Things To Different People'

  In light of Trump's plans to hold a July 4th celebration at Mount Rushmore on Friday, historian John Taliaferro discusses the monument's complex legacy.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  6/30/2020
  

  The Confederates Loved America, and They’re Still Defining What Patriotism Means

  by Richard Kreitner

  For most of U.S. history, patriotism and white supremacy, the values supposedly embodied by the two flags, have hardly been at odds. Rather, they have been mutually constitutive and disturbingly aligned.

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• SOURCE: St. Louis American
  6/27/2020
  

  Catholics, Alt Right Clash With Protesters over Louis IX Statue

  One group demanded that its anchoring sculpture, a statue of King Louis IX, come down as a token of reconciliation against the generations of hate they feel the statue represents. A collective of other groups, including individuals who said they belonged to The Catholic Church and white supremacists, stood in defense of the statue of the city’s namesake.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/26/2020
  

  Racist Violence in Wilmington’s Past Echoes in Police Officer Recordings Today

  by Crystal R. Sanders

  Wilmington, North Carolina police officers who spoke eagerly about the chance to kill black protesters evoke the history of a violent white supremacist coup against the city's biracial government during Reconstruction.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/24/2020
  

  Monument Avenue is Richmond’s Racist Row. Will Tearing it Down Redeem a City?

  Historians Kevin Levin, Karen Cox, Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, and Michael Dickinson weigh-in on the history behind the Virginia street with five Confederate monuments.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  6/17/2020
  

  David Duke’s Twisted Take on the Civil Rights Movement

  He wore a suit, went on talk shows, and tried to mimic the push for black civil rights.

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• SOURCE: Greenville (SC) News
  6/12/2020
  

  Clemson Removes John C. Calhoun's Name from Honors College, Asks to Rename Tillman Hall

  Calhoun was a slave owner and secessionist whose plantation became Clemson University; Tillman was a governor and white supremacist whose name adorns Clemson's most iconic building.

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  6/3/2020
  

  ‘It Was a Modern-Day Lynching’: Violent Deaths Reflect a Brutal American Legacy

  As black people continue to die at the hands of police and vigilantes, the nation faces its long history of racial violence.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6/1/2020
  

  Confederate Monuments Haunt American Democracy

  by Karen L. Cox

  Confederate monuments, most put in place as white supremacy regained control of the South, testify to continued injustice.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  5/12/2020
  

  ‘Steeped in the Blood of Racism’

  "[Jackson State] reflects so many themes in the history of state-sanctioned violence against African Americans."

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• SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune
  5/3/2020
  

  Man Wears KKK Hood while Grocery Shopping in Santee; Mayor Calls it a ‘Sad Reminder of Intolerance’

  Over the years, the city of Santee has worked to overcome a history of racially motivated attacks and skinhead activity that led to nicknames such as “Klantee.”

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• SOURCE: Stars and Stripes
  4/23/2020
  

  Marine Commandant Defends Banning Confederate Flag As A Divisive Symbol

  “This symbol has shown it has the power to inflame feelings of division,” Gen. David Berger wrote in a letter to Marines dated Monday and included in a tweet.

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• SOURCE: Crosscut
  4/15/2020
  

  Greater Idaho and the Ugly History of Northwest Secession Movements

  The impulse to separate and redefine the region is as old as the Euro-American settlement of the Northwest, and has roots in so-called “rural values” and racial exclusion that date back to before, during and after the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/6/2020
  

  U.S. Will Give Terrorist Label to White Supremacist Group for First Time

  The designation of the Russian Imperial Movement reflects growing concerns among U.S. officials about violent white supremacists with transnational links.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/7/20
  

  When White Supremacists Overthrew an Elected Government: David Zucchino's Wilmington's Lie Reviewed

  “Wilmington’s Lie” is a tragic story about the brutal overthrow of the multiracial government of Wilmington, N.C., in 1898.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  November 4, 2019
  

  White supremacists gathered at Emmett Till’s bulletproof memorial to shoot a video

  White supremacists visited Emmett Till's memorial causing dismay to many.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/9/19
  

  Impeachment is the latest chapter in the battle between democracy and white supremacy

  by Carol Anderson

  The connections aren’t as obvious, but America’s front lines remain the same as they’ve always been.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9/22/2019
  

  There's a new way to deal with Confederate monuments: Signs that explain their racist history

  “It’s happening in all sorts of places,” said Adam Domby, a history professor at the College of Charleston who is writing a book about Confederate monuments. “Still, it’s clearly in many cases being used as a stopgap because the laws prohibit removing them.”