Ty Seidule is the historian of the hour, with his new book Robert E. Lee and Me on of the most talked about historical works of the new year. A personal story of his shedding of the Lost Cause ideology that he was raised on, the book is attracting a lot of attention. A young African American reporter, who did not know anyone who didn’t know the Civil War was fought over slavery when she lived in the South, interviews him on this podcast from The Atlantic. Use the player below to listen.
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