Mouments of Folly - Lectures -Pg.2

During the past quarter century a good many Americans have recognized that omissions and distortions in race relations history served a purpose. The presentation of an altered view of the past made the injustices of the present seem more acceptable. ...When it suits us to break a promise, we do not merely allow the memory of the obligation to fade; we even erase the recollection of the event or sentiment that prompted it.

-Howard N. Meyer, Preface-1984 Edition,Army Life in a Black Regiment, Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Mon. Feb. 19, 2001 - 10am

Memorializing the Confederacy's Heritage of Hate

This lecture presents primary source documents that expose the deliberate historical fraud behind the neo-Confederate's transformation of the Confederacy's "lost cause" for Slavery and White supremacy into a "just cause" for states rights and Southern independence as guarantors of white privilege. These "Monuments of Folly" are the seminal cause of America's national cognitive dissonance with America's racial dichotomy.

Tues. Feb. 20, 2001 - 10am

"The White Man's Flag"

This Lecture documents the racist origins and legacy of the National Flag of the Confederate States of America, with its union as a symbol and standard-bearer for white supremacy. Revealed is how the general public has been duped by legislators and major mainstream media reports over "confederate heritage" debates. So called "compromise bills" in fact has led to the passage of legislation wherein the memorialization of treason and white supremacy is enshrined as a state civil religion protected by state law [Confederate Civil Religion Protection Acts (CCRPA)].

Wens. Feb. 21, 2001 - 10am

The Rise of a Neo-Confederate States of America

This Lecture explores how the fraudulent historiography of the Civil War by present day neo-confederate organizations impacts contemporary American politics and jurisprudence.