Lost Cause 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/14/2021
Five Myths about the Lost Cause
by Karen L. Cox
At this time, it's worth examining the particular tenets of the Confederate Lost Cause mythology because of how pervasive they remain and because they may be a template for narratives of resentment and betrayal that are developing now.
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SOURCE: Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
1/12/2021
Another Cold War: Documenting America's Cold Civil War
A discussion of the ongoing impact of Lost Cause mythologies includes the work of new HNN blogger Ann Banks.
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SOURCE: New York Times
1/8/2021
What Trump Shares With the ‘Lost Cause’ of the Confederacy
by Karen L. Cox
The Lost Cause mythology built around Donald Trump's claims to have won the 2020 election will outlive him and potentially fuel a dangerous reactionary political movement for years to come.
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SOURCE: Charleston Post and Courier
12/20/2020
Review: New Book Seeks To Differentiate Between Confederate History And Historical Memory
"Adam Domby’s book provides a helpful guide through White Southern memory, a place where the Civil War never really ended."
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/19/2020
Northam Calls for VMI Investigation after Black Cadets Describe Relentless Racism
Virginia's governor has called for investigation of the culture of the state-run institution, where Black students have described an entrenched culture of racism and veneration of the Confederacy.
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SOURCE: Skipped History
10/15/2020
How Mississippi Got Away with Teaching Racist History (Skipped History)
It took litigation to drag Mississippi's history instruction out of the Lost Cause mythology.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10/19/2020
Fraternity that Reveres Robert E. Lee Faces Revolt over Racism
A Texas chapter of Kappa Alpha called for the national fraternity to repudiate its veneration of the Confederacy, sparking a firestorm among active members and alumni about the place of the Lost Cause and Robert E. Lee in the organization's culture.
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SOURCE: Facing South
10/8/2000
Confederate 'Lost Cause' Defenders Run to Keep Seats in Southern Legislatures
There are three state legislators, all Republicans, now up for reelection across the region who have continued to promote Lost Cause lies through legislation and other official efforts. They are Rep. Tommy Benton of Georgia, Rep. Larry Pittman of North Carolina, and Sen. Joey Hensley of Tennessee.
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SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
9/22/2020
Alabama's State Archives Confronts Its Racist Past
In June, leaders formally acknowledged the department’s past role in perpetuating racism and so-called “lost cause” ideals.
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SOURCE: JSTOR Daily
8/24/2020
Women’s Clubs and the “Lost Cause”
Women’s clubs were popular after the Civil War among white and Black women. But white clubwomen used their influence to ingrain racist curriculum in schools.
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SOURCE: Daily Beast
7/27/2020
The History of America’s Most Racist Frat Was No Secret—Except to Joe Kennedy III
“The Birth of a Nation” was based on a Kappa Alpha member’s book. The frat—which still hails Robert E. Lee as its “spiritual founder”—praised the film for showing its Klan ties.
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SOURCE: Perspectives on History
8/6/2020
Setting the Lost Cause on Fire
by Karen L. Cox
Once revered by their communities, the United Daughters of the Confederacy today are simply out of step with change sweeping the South and the nation.
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SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat & Gazette
7/12/2020
Arkansas History Books Carried Rebel Slant
Arkansas historians Kenneth Barnes and Carl H. Moneyhon discuss the political influence of Confederate sympathizers and white supremacy over the content of history books in the state.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
7/1/2020
Europe in 1989, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause
by David W. Blight
We should not celebrate too much as monuments topple and old slave-auction blocks are removed. History did not end when the Soviet Union dissolved, and it will not end now, even if a vibrant movement sweeps a new age of civil rights into America. Most of all, we must remember what the Lost Cause is and was before we try to call it past.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
12/9/19
A University’s Betrayal of Historical Truth
by David W. Blight, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kevin M. Levin
The University of North Carolina agreed to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million—a sum that rivals the endowment of its history department.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/8/19
Nikki Haley gets the history of the Confederate flag very wrong
by Adam H. Domby
On Friday, Haley declared the Confederate flag was “hijacked” by the racism of a single white supremacist terrorist in 2015, and that before then, “people saw it as service, sacrifice and heritage.”
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SOURCE: NY Times
12/7/19
Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash
She told the conservative radio host Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it.
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SOURCE: Virginia Mercury
12/6/19
‘We’re telling history now’: New Lost Cause exhibit opens at Richmond museum
Includes a qutoe from Melvin Patrick Ely, a College of William & Mary history professor.
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6/16/19
The Origins of the Lost Cause Myth
by M. Andrew Holowchak
States’ rights and slavery, while theoretically distinct, were in praxis intertwined. Here's what a Jeffersonian analysis of Jubal Early’s lost-cause apologia can teach us.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/12/19
How historians got Nike to pull an ad campaign — in under six hours
by Megan Kate Nelson
The multinational corporation dropped its “Lost Cause” ads after historians pushed back.
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