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I Grew Up as a Black Southerner Idolizing Robert E. Lee

I didn't know the Confederate general owned slaves. I didn't even know he was part of the Confederacy.

by Issac J. Bailey via Vice on November 2, 2017

Myth of Black Confederates Won't Go Away

Two South Carolina lawmakers dust off a familiar trope in an attempt to fight back against Confederate monument removals.

by Kevin M. Levin via Post and Courier on October 11, 2017

"Inspiration of Christopher Columbus" painting, depicting Columbus gazing out at sea.

How Columbus, Of All People, Became a National Symbol

Christopher Columbus was a narcissist.

by William Francis Keegan via The Conversation on October 6, 2017

Reagan poses for a photo op after with a stack of tax cut legislation in 1981.

I Helped Create the GOP Tax Myth. Trump is Wrong: Tax Cuts Don’t Equal Growth.

The best growth in recent memory came after President Bill Clinton raised taxes in the ’90s.

by Bruce Bartlett via Washington Post on September 28, 2017

Guardians of White Innocence

The Sons of Confederate Veterans want to convince Americans that Southern heritage isn’t about slavery. Is it a lost cause?

by Katy Waldman via Slate on September 25, 2017

Ken Burns presenting about his Vietnam documentary.

The Insidious Ideology of Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War

Burns and co-director Lynn Novick take a "many sides" approach to history at a time when "many sides" is a tool of obfuscation.

by Alex Shepard via The New Republic on September 19, 2017

Defenders Of Confederate Monuments Keep Trying To Erase History

Claims that the Confederacy didn't fight to uphold slavery are disputed by Confederate generals themselves.

by Adam H. Domby via HuffPost on September 15, 2017

History is Not There to be Liked: On Historical Memory, Real and Fake

Historians have the uncomfortable role of shattering people’s memories.

by Jason Steinhauer via Foreign Policy Research Institute on September 15, 2017

On Monuments and Public Lands

Any critical take on public monuments today must confront the reality that public lands are themselves colonized lands.

by Whitney Martinko via Hindsights on September 15, 2017

When the Idea of Home Was Key to American Identity

From log cabins to Gilded Age mansions, how you lived determined where you belonged.

by Richard White via What It Means to Be American on September 11, 2017

Forrest the Butcher

Memphis wants to remove a statue honoring first grand wizard of the KKK.

by Liliana Segura via The Intercept on September 2, 2017

Old West Theme Parks Paint a False Picture of Pioneer California

As the nation debates monuments and public memory, it’s important to understand how other cultural sites help people learn (false) history.

by Amanda Tewes via The Conversation on August 30, 2017

The Nazis Were Obsessed With Magic

What can their fascination with the supernatural teach us about life in our own post-truth times?

by Rebecca Onion, Peter Staudenmaier via Slate on August 24, 2017

Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy

Memorials to the Lost Cause have always meant something sinister for the descendants of enslaved people.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 22, 2017

James K. Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower on an inspection tour of an air base.

Trump Threatened to Nuke North Korea. Did Ike Do the same?

The myth of Ike’s nuclear recklessness could lead us into war.

by William I. Hitchcock via Made by History on August 11, 2017

The Ideological Slipperiness of the Kennedy Legacy

Politicians from both sides of the aisle have tried to stake a claim to the power of the Kennedy legend. What is it about Camelot?

by Aida Amoako via JSTOR Daily on August 9, 2017

From Boy Geniuses to Mad Scientists

How Americans got so weird about science.

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on August 4, 2017

Lizzie Borden.

Why We’re So Obsessed With Lizzie Borden’s 40 Whacks

Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were brutally murdered, possibly by Lizzie herself, in August 1892. Why are we still dissecting the crime?

by Erin Blakemore, Ann Schofield via JSTOR Daily on August 4, 2017

The Georgia Peach May Be Vanishing, but Its Mythology Is Alive and Well

It's been a tough year for the Georgia peach.

by William Thomas Okie via The Conversation on July 20, 2017

Combatting Stereotypes About Appalachian Dialects

Language variation is just as diverse within Appalachia as it is outside of the region.

by Kirk Hazen via The Conversation on July 13, 2017

Coal No Longer Fuels America. But the Legacy — and the Myth — Remain.

Coal country still clings to the industry that was long its chief source of revenue and a way of life.

by Karen Heller via Retropolis on July 9, 2017

America's 100 Other Declarations of Independence

The document we celebrate today wasn't just the work of Thomas Jefferson's individual genius. Everyone was doing it.

by David Greenberg via Politico Magazine on July 4, 2017

The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora

Kente serves as more than a pop of color at college graduations.

by James Padilioni via Black Perspectives on May 22, 2017

Robert E. Lee Topples From His Pedestal

The Confederate general has long been seen, in the South and beyond, as embodying the virtues of the ideal man.

by Kevin M. Levin via The Atlantic on May 19, 2017

Why Poverty Is Like a Disease

Emerging science is putting the lie to American meritocracy.

by Christian H. Cooper via Nautilus on April 20, 2017

Five Myths About World War I

The United States wasn't filled with isolationists, and it wasn't exactly neutral before 1917.

by Michael Kazin via Washington Post on April 6, 2017

The Anti-Capitalist Woman Who Created Monopoly—Before Others Cashed In

The beloved board game's long-hidden origin story debunks the myth of a male lone genius.

by Mary Pilon via What It Means to Be American on March 27, 2017

It’s Time for Historians of Slavery to Listen to Economists

Economic analyses of the antebellum era upend the notion that Southern whites were united in their support of slavery.

by Keri Leigh Merritt via Historians Against Slavery on March 17, 2017

Draining the Swamp: A Guide for Outsiders and Career Politicians

Despite common belief, Washington, D.C. was not built on a swamp.

by Carl Abbott via The Conversation on March 7, 2017

American History: Fake News That Never Goes Away — and Empowered the Trumpian Insurrection

Only if we face the painful lies we tell ourselves about the past can we hope to overcome what's happening now.

by Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein via Salon on February 25, 2017

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