An almost century- old evaluation of Robert E. Lee composed by W.E. B. DuBois resurfaced on social media today to highlight the basic defect with statues honoring the Confederate general. “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not,” DuBois composed in 1928 in […]

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Across the country anger over authorities cruelty and systemic bigotry has actually turned towards signs of America’s distressed past still spread throughout the nation: statues honoring Confederate figures and colonizers that have actually long welcomed heated dispute. In Portsmouth, Virginia, protesters covered a big Confederate monolith dating to the 1800 s with garbage bags and […]

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