• Setting the Lost Cause on Fire

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  Karen L. Cox | Aug 6, 2020

  Protesters burned the United Daughters of the Confederacy's headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, because it functions as a monument to white supremacy and the Lost Cause.
• A Monument to Black Resistance and Strength

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  Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove | Aug 5, 2020

  The Washington, DC, Emancipation Memorial's complex history complicates discussions of its possible removal.
• Named for the Enemy

  Perspectives Daily

  Ty Seidule | Aug 4, 2020

  A historian and retired brigadier general explains how white supremacy and deference to "local sensibilities" created the US Army's Confederate problem. 
• AHA Member Spotlight: Dean F. Oliver

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  Matthew Keough | Jul 16, 2020

  Dean F. Oliver is a senior director of research and chief curator at the Canadian Museum of History. He lives...

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  Matthew Keough | Jun 19, 2020

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  Laura Ansley | Jun 17, 2020

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  Cecily Hill | Jun 15, 2020

  The NHA has designed a toolkit of surveys to assess the effectiveness of humanities programs.
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  Matthew Keough | Jun 11, 2020

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