Jane, Dara, and Matt on Confederate Memorials, Woodrow Wilson, and the battle for historical memory.
Resources:
"Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist — even by the standards of his time" by Dylan Matthews, Vox
"Inside the growing movement to ditch Columbus Day and celebrate Native Americans instead" by Victoria M. Massie, Vox
"The battle over Confederate stat ... Show More
May 2022
Beyond The Scenes - The Ongoing Battle to Remove Confederate Statues
While America has made progress in removing confederate statues from public squares, many remain standing. Director of the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, CJ Hunt, and founder of Project Say Something, Camille Goldston Bennett, join Roy Wood Jr. to discuss why these monuments ... Show More
1h 9m
Oct 2023
The Meltdown Over the Robert E. Lee Meltdown
This week, Eric, Dan, and Emily discuss the decision to melt down the statue of Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Is removing statues of Confederate generals erasing history? What is the proper way to memorialize ... Show More
1h 2m
May 2022
The rise and fall of America's monuments
Jamil Smith talks with Erin Thompson, professor of art crime and author of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments. They discuss why we honor horrible people from the past in metal and stone, what effects these objects have on our present, and what's kee ... Show More
48m 46s