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US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals who fought to defend slavery

  • Written by Jeff South, Associate professor emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University
imageNamed after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg, outside Fayetteville, N.C., is one of the U.S. bases under consideration for a name change. Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images

For decades, nine U.S. Army bases have carried the names of men who fought against the U.S. Army – in a war waged to defend and perpetuate the slavery of people of...

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