This presentation was given during a panel discussion, “White Supremacy, Monuments, and Memory,” held at the University of Arizona on August 30. Dr. Katie Hemphill discussed the construction of Confederate monuments in the South from 1890-1920, and Dr. Susan Crane discussed the role of monuments in society. I was born and raised in Texas, a state that has the second-largest number of Confederate monuments in the United States. Until recently, 178 Confederate monuments could be found in Texas, second only to the Virginia’s 223. Reminders of the Confederate past have been part of my life since birth
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