Here is a wide-ranging discussion of the interplay of Confederate Heritage and Black History in Tension.
Here is a description of the panel:
Published on Mar 30, 2016
The mass murder of nine Black worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston reignited the debate about how the Confederacy should be remembered. Do symbols of the Confederacy honor heritage or promote racial hatred? What is the relationship between Confederate heritage and African American history? The James Weldon Johnson Institute is pleased to convene a dialogue of historians specializing in 19th and 20th Century African American and Southern History to talk about the connections between Black History, Southern History and the politics of commemoration.
Panelists
Catherine Clinton, President of the Southern Historical Association and Denman Chair of American History at University of Texas-San Antonio
Joseph Crespino, Jimmy Carter Professor of History at Emory University
Leslie M. Harris, Associate Professor of History at Emory University
Maurice J. Hobson, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University
James L. Roark, S.C. Dobbs Professor of History at Emory University
The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.
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