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Why Knowing When Confederate Monuments Were Built Matters
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The Southern Poverty Law Center says there were two major spikes in the twentieth century for when Confederate memorials and symbols were dedicated: during the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement. Elizabeth Herbin-Triant teaches the history of the Jim Crow era at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She and Andra Gillespie, an Emory University professor, explain why it is important to understand not just WHAT these monuments stand for, but also WHEN they were created.
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