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The impetus for the first edition was violent actions---the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, which was touched off by discussions about removing a statue to Robert E. Lee, and resulted in the death of Heather Heyer. Since the publication of the first edition, both history and democracy are being threatened in ways that we were only seeing small glimpses of in 2018. Today, attempts to elevate new or more complex history has been met with vilification. States across the country have passed legislation to ban critical race theory from being taught in public schools and are seeking ways to limit what teachers are allowed to teach about slavery and race in the United States. These threats are unlikely to abate. As such, our responsibility as historians, community leaders, museum professionals, and citizens is to redouble our efforts to share human stories in relatable ways and to exercise our rights and wield our power whenever and however we can.
The revised edition tackles the great issues of our time against the backdrop of monument culture and historical truth.
List of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TERMS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Charlottesville, Memory and How to Read this Book
Part I: MUSEUMS, CONTROVERSY AND THE PAST
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History as Legend and Myth as Fact, David B. AllisonConfronting Confederate Monuments in the Twenty-First Century, Modupe LabodeHistory, Memory, and the Struggle for the Future, W. Todd Groce"No Sooner Was It Over, than the Memory Made It Nobler", Bob BeattyPart II: THE CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RACISM
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Remembering the Civil War, David B. AllisonMemorializing the Confederate Past at Gettysburg During the Civil Rights and Cold War Era, Jill Ogline TitusTributes to the Past, Present, and Future: World War I-Era Confederate Memorialization in Virginia, Edited for Revised Edition, Thomas R. SeabrookDon't Call Them Memorials, Julian C. ChamblissA Lost Cause in the Bluegrass: Two Confederate Monuments in Lexington, Kentucky,Stuart W. SandersChallenging Historical Remembrance, Myth, and Identity: The Confederate Monuments Debate, Edited for Revised Edition, F. Sheffield HaleEmpty Pedestals: What should be done with Civic Monuments to the Confederacy and its Leaders?, Civil War TimesPart III: NATIVE PEOPLES AND WHITE-WASHED HISTORY
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From Columbus to Serra and Beyond, David B. AllisonNative Voices at Little Bighorn National Monument, Gerard BakerThe Removal of James Earle Fraser's Statue of Theodore Roosevelt from the American Museum of Natural History, William S. WalkerPart IV: IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE RATIONAL AND SYMPATHETIC MINDS
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15. Group Behavior, Self-examination and Clearing the Air around Controversial Issues,David B. Allison
16. Confederate Memorials: Choosing Futures for Our Past, A Veteran's Perspective,George McDaniel
17. Speech upon the Removal of Confederate Statues from New Orleans, May 19, 2017,Mitch Landrieu
18. A Reflection of Us: The Simpsons and Heroes of the Past, Edited for Revised Edition, Jose Zuniga
Part V: COMMUNITY RESPONSIVENESS AND HISTORICAL RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION
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19. "The Struggle to Overcome the Negatives of the Past": Germany'sVergangenheitsbewältigung and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Program, DavidB. Allison
20. "We as Citizens....": Approaches to Memorialization by Sites of Conscience around the World, Edited for Revised Edition, Linda Norris
21. Monumental Relationships: International Monument Culture and the United States in the Early 21st Century, Laura A. Macaluso
22. Listening and Responding to Community: A Long View, David B. Allison
23. Confederate Statues at the University of Texas at Austin, Ben Wright
24. Honoring El Movimiento: the Chicano Movement in Colorado, JJ Lonsinger Rutherford
25. Not What's Broken; What's Healed: Women in El Barrio and the Healing Power of Community, Vanessa Cuervo Forero
26. Telling the Whole Story: Education and Interpretation in Support of #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Elizabeth Pickard
27. Project Say Something's Whose Monument Project: Not Tearing Down History, But Building Up Hope, Brian Murphy
28. Changing of the Guard: Curating a New Conversation Around Colorado's Toppled Civil War Monument, Jason L. Hanson
CONCLUSION
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
About the author
David B. Allison is a member of the Arts & History team at the City and County of Broomfield. He is the author of Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites (2016) and has worked in museums for almost 20 years.
Getting his start in museums at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, and with a nine-year tenure at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Allison seeks to connect with people to illuminate important stories.
