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Jason Cochran
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Jul 2, 2020

Mount Rushmore’s Uneasy Connections to the KKK and Confederate Statues

The sculptor perfected his concepts by working for white supremacists in the Lost Cause monument movement You can add Mount Rushmore to the list of memorials that wouldn’t exist if it hadn’t been for the relentless United Daughters of the Confederacy — the group that spearheaded the erection of thousands…

Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmore’s Shame: Uneasy Links to the KKK, Confederate Statues
Mount Rushmore’s Shame: Uneasy Links to the KKK, Confederate Statues
Mount Rushmore

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Jun 24, 2020

Those Confederate Statues Were Put There As Propaganda. Meet the Women Who Got Away With It

History, it’s said, is written by the winners. In America, that isn’t true. Here, history is written by the people most determined to write it. We’re also told than men control the narrative. But in America, women have done more — far, far more — to shape popular historical memory…

Confederate Monuments

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Those Confederate Statues Were Put There As Propaganda. Meet the Women Who Got Away With It
Those Confederate Statues Were Put There As Propaganda. Meet the Women Who Got Away With It
Confederate Monuments

19 min read

Jason Cochran

Jason Cochran

5 Followers

Author of “Here Lies America,” Editor-in-Chief of Frommers.com, WABC co-host, two-time Lowell Thomas Award winner for Guide Book of the Year.

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