What is the real story behind the Confederate flag? What was the civil war really about? How did women turn the Confederate "lost cause" into a beloved culture? Who's idea was it to weaponized textbooks and children for the Confederacy? Well, we did some homework and talked about it.
From the pod
Books:
"The War That Forged A Nation" by James McPherson
"Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery In the United States, 1861-1865" by James Oakes
"In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" by Mitch Landrieu
YouTube:
"The Complicated History Of The Confederate Flag" by Time Capsule (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1VnD-PRVh8)
"How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history" by Vox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkFXPblLpU)
"Facts You Didn't Know About General Robert E. Lee" by photonfeast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxV4VtwMIM)
