How do recent events in Charlottesville illuminate a broader controversy around Confederate monuments in the United States?
What is the role of historical memory in this controversy?
What is the role of power in this controversy?
“What is historical memory?”
“HOW DO GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS SHAPE HISTORICAL MEMORY?”
“WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF FORGETTING HISTORICAL VIOLENCE?”
“WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY?”
Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy
Confederate Statues and ‘Our’ History
The New York Times—“Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down Across the United States. Here’s a List”
Read or post on the board the following quotations from President Trump’s remarks at a press conference on Tuesday, August 15, 2017:
“So, will George Washington now lose his status? Are we going to take down—are we going to take down statues to George—how about Thomas Jefferson? … Now, are we going to take down his statue? So, you know what? It’s fine. You’re changing history. You’re changing culture.”
“So this week, it is Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”
