To fully appreciate black history, the US must let go of lingering Confederate nostalgia
- Written by Bradford Vivian, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
As a nation, the U.S. is debating the meaning of Confederate symbolism and history.
That debate is closely tied to how the U.S. commemorates, or fails to commemorate, the full spectrum of African-American history.
In my research I explore why people choose to remember some parts of the past and not others. I have also studied how communities...
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