"Between 1890 and about 1970, northerners found it less embarrassing to let Dixie tell the story of the cause it lost …"

"Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade."

"During the civil war, northern Democrats countered the Republican charge that they favored rebellion by profession to…"

"Textbooks. . . keep students in the dark about the nature of history. History is a furious debate informed by evidenc…"

"Songs such as 'Nigger Doodle Dandy' reflect the racist tone of the Democrats' presidential campaign in 1864. How did …"

"If knowledge is power, ignorance cannot be bliss."

"Emotion is the glue that causes history to stick."

"Ideas made the opposite impact in the Confederacy. Ideological contradictions afflicted the slave system even before …"

"According to Confederate ideology, blacks liked slavery; nevertheless, to avert revolts and runaways, the Confederate…"

"Some Confederate soldiers switched sides, beginning as early as 1862. When Sherman made his famous march to the sea f…"