neo-Confederates

Just as the radical Republicans, abolitionists, and black activists challenged the arguments of neo-Confederates in the 1860s and 1870s, so, too, should those notions be fought against once again today.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

The sesquicentennial of the start of the Civil War has unleashed a cacophony of voices from across the South and outside the region, including elected officials, Civil War reenactors, and professional neo-Confederates, spreading falsehoods and myths about that pivotal time in U.S. history.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

Tea Party proponents, Southern conservatives, and Republican ideologues contend, like the neo-Confederates, that the federal government has grown too big, too oppressive, and too intrusive.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

Just as the radical Republicans, abolitionists, and black activists challenged the arguments of neo-Confederates in the 1860s and 1870s, so, too, should those notions be fought against once again today.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

Just as the radical Republicans, abolitionists, and black activists challenged the arguments of neo-Confederates in the 1860s and 1870s, so, too, should those notions be fought against once again today.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

Tea Party proponents, Southern conservatives, and Republican ideologues contend, like the neo-Confederates, that the federal government has grown too big, too oppressive, and too intrusive.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

There is common agreement among both historians and neo-Confederates that Davis was a man of extreme dedication to the Confederate cause.

John Marszalek: Was there a better choice for C.S.A. president than Jefferson Davis? John Marszalek 2011

Yet the neo-Confederates keep trying to blame Chris Dodd for everything.

Obama on economy: 'Storm is receding' 2010

The sesquicentennial of the start of the Civil War has unleashed a cacophony of voices from across the South and outside the region, including elected officials, Civil War reenactors, and professional neo-Confederates, spreading falsehoods and myths about that pivotal time in U.S. history.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011

Just as the radical Republicans, abolitionists, and black activists challenged the arguments of neo-Confederates in the 1860s and 1870s, so, too, should those notions be fought against once again today.

Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011