A new study finds that the number of lynching victims in a Southern county is a positive and significant predictor of Confederate memorializations in that county.
“This finding provides concrete, quantitative, and historically and geographically situated evidence consistent with the position that Confederate memorializations reflect a racist history, one marred by intentions to terrorize and intimidate Black Americans in response to Black progress.”
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