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Community-Driven Histories in an Age of Racial Reckonings and Backlashes in the US
“Community-Driven Histories in an Age of Racial Reckonings and Backlashes in the US”
At a time when Confederate statues are being toppled in the US as symbols of white supremacy, other monuments and memorials commemorating difficult histories are being built. Historian Erika Lee explores how these institutional and community-based efforts are preserving histories of racism and xenophobia. She suggests that in this current age of racial reckonings and battles over American history, the best of these efforts reveal that monuments about the past are not just about the past. They grapple with the present and inspire our future.