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AMST 384 1st Edition Lecture 34Day after Field Trip“Reenacting” Pickett’s charge at the High Water Mark of the Confederacy 1913- Shaking hands between Union and Confederate marshalsDedication of the Memorial to Civil War Soldiers - Women celebration Julian S. Carr- Community Leader - Speech at dedication- Performance of racial control o “slept with a shot gun under my bed for 30 nights”- What the Carr building at UNC and Carrboro named after- Blacks got the right to vote and republican party supported it Silent Sam- Statue at Chapel Hill- Shots gun when virgin walks by - Elaine Massey, UNC Housekeepers Movement leader, which won settlement with university ina class action lawsuit. - Became stage of fighting against racism - Site of RallyingRobert E. Lee- In his farewell address, he praised his troops who gave their lives for this cause of fighting for their country’s future The “Lost Cause” - Interpretation for the Civil War typically includes the following 6 assertions:o Secession, not slavery, caused the Civil Waro African Americans were “faithful Slaves’, and the Confederate cause and unprepared for the responsibilities of freedomo The Confederacy was defeated militarily only because of the Union’s overwhelming advantages in men and resourceso Confederate soldiers were heroic and saintlyo The most heroic of all Confederates was Robert E. Leeo Southern women were loyal to the Confederate cause and sanctified by the sacrifice of their loved ones. Protests of Confederate Flag- Mississippi is the one state that still has the Confederate flag on their state flag- In Georgia, the confederate flag is eliminated from the state flag now. Now the St. Andrew’s symbol is covering the confederate symbol - State flags are highly important official symbols so they gain protest about what to do with the design and changing it- Boycott in South Carolina about the issue of the flag and the Confederate symbol - KKK and the Confederate flag in 1950so Use of the flag to unite the south o Confederate flag at battles and battlesites/rallies- 1970s, common citizens used the Confederate flag to use as a statement of opposition to the governmentMichael Westerman and Freddie Morrow- Freddie Morrow (black boy) shot Michael Westerman (flying confederate flag) o Freddie was a teenagero Michael Westerman held the flag up because it matched his cars color and it was the cool thing to do o Freddie Morrow shot into the car and kills Michael Westermanno What does the flag mean to Freddie Morrow? **Connects it with Dukes of Hazard (red neck southern white culture) Seen as a racist symbol  Inequality- Michael becomes another man who died for the Confederate causeo Seen as martyr o Made USEABLE to the Confederate clan University of Mississippi - Their schools mascot is the “Ole Miss Rebels”o Symbol of the old south o Celebrating southern heritage - This mascot was protested and needed to be replaced so that it wasn’t offensive for the black population o Came up with “Rebel Black Bear” Dehumanizes “The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag” by John Sims- Hung up like someone hanging


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