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Authorities are yanking the legacy of slaveholder John C. Calhoun from public sphere, but his bigotry remains embedded in American society

  • Written by Christian K. Anderson, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
imageConstruction workers extracted a Calhoun statue in Charleston, South Carolina on June 24, 2020.Sean Rayford/Getty Images

When I toured the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion in 2019, I noticed the multi-volume papers of John C. Calhoun on display. It struck me as remarkable that Calhoun’s ideas would be featured so prominently given his...

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