United Daughters of the Confederacy & White Supremacy
Two days ago, Ginger R. Stephens, the president of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, wrote a letter to her “ladies.” “It has been brought to… Read More»
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Two days ago, Ginger R. Stephens, the president of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, wrote a letter to her “ladies.” “It has been brought to… Read More»
We made a couple of corrections in the encyclopedia today. First, we had the name of one of our biographical subjects wrong. Well, sort of wrong. Sarah-Patton Boyle, a white… Read More»
We’re going to try to use this space, in the interest of transparency, to alert our readers to corrections we make to entries. Here’s one from last week; now here’s another.… Read More»
Frances Osborn Robb, a scholar who has worked on the Encyclopedia of Alabama, writes in to correct some information we included with an image of Confederate president Jefferson Davis‘s inauguration.… Read More»
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