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The Resource Down along with that devil's bones : a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy, Connor Towne O'Neill

Down along with that devil's bones : a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy, Connor Towne O'Neill

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"A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through the US today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
262 pages
Contents
  • Prologue
  • pt. 1. Forrest lost and found: Selma. A pronouncement of war ; The First Battle of Selma ; Monument is now headless ; Deo vindice ; From Civil War to Civil Rights
  • pt. 2. Forrest in the age of Confederate reproduction: Murfreesboro. Laying Forrest low ; We have a choice ; The marshmallow wonderland of the past ; Palliatives ; A letter to the editor ; The way of Forrest ; More Gump than Bedford ; A flag in war
  • pt. 3. This is us: Nashville. At the foot of the ugliest Confederate memorial ; Same as it ever was ; The resistance ; This is us
  • pt. 4. Down along with that devil's bones: Memphis. A symbol of everything we are fighting every day ; The dead bury their dead ; The dead bury their dead again ; The mountaintop ; A preponderance of goodwill ; Remember Fort Pillow ; The weight ; "Yeah but..." ; Re-membering
  • Epilogue: The two-face god: Montgomery
Isbn
9781616209100
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Down along with that devil's bones : a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy
Title
Down along with that devil's bones
Title remainder
a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy
Statement of responsibility
Connor Towne O'Neill
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through the US today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville"--
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Biography type
contains biographical information
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NcU/DLC
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1989-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
O'Neill, Connor Towne
Dewey number
322.4/20973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Forrest, Nathan Bedford
  • Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
  • Generals
  • White supremacy movements
  • Soldiers' monuments
  • Forrest, Nathan Bedford
  • Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
  • Generals
  • Soldiers' monuments
  • White supremacy movements
  • Southern States
  • United States
Target audience
general
Label
Down along with that devil's bones : a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy, Connor Towne O'Neill
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical resources
Contents
Prologue -- pt. 1. Forrest lost and found: Selma. A pronouncement of war ; The First Battle of Selma ; Monument is now headless ; Deo vindice ; From Civil War to Civil Rights -- pt. 2. Forrest in the age of Confederate reproduction: Murfreesboro. Laying Forrest low ; We have a choice ; The marshmallow wonderland of the past ; Palliatives ; A letter to the editor ; The way of Forrest ; More Gump than Bedford ; A flag in war -- pt. 3. This is us: Nashville. At the foot of the ugliest Confederate memorial ; Same as it ever was ; The resistance ; This is us -- pt. 4. Down along with that devil's bones: Memphis. A symbol of everything we are fighting every day ; The dead bury their dead ; The dead bury their dead again ; The mountaintop ; A preponderance of goodwill ; Remember Fort Pillow ; The weight ; "Yeah but..." ; Re-membering -- Epilogue: The two-face god: Montgomery
Control code
on1150827443
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
262 pages
Isbn
9781616209100
Lccn
2020016840
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
(OCoLC)1150827443
Label
Down along with that devil's bones : a reckoning with monuments, memory, and the legacy of white supremacy, Connor Towne O'Neill
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical resources
Contents
Prologue -- pt. 1. Forrest lost and found: Selma. A pronouncement of war ; The First Battle of Selma ; Monument is now headless ; Deo vindice ; From Civil War to Civil Rights -- pt. 2. Forrest in the age of Confederate reproduction: Murfreesboro. Laying Forrest low ; We have a choice ; The marshmallow wonderland of the past ; Palliatives ; A letter to the editor ; The way of Forrest ; More Gump than Bedford ; A flag in war -- pt. 3. This is us: Nashville. At the foot of the ugliest Confederate memorial ; Same as it ever was ; The resistance ; This is us -- pt. 4. Down along with that devil's bones: Memphis. A symbol of everything we are fighting every day ; The dead bury their dead ; The dead bury their dead again ; The mountaintop ; A preponderance of goodwill ; Remember Fort Pillow ; The weight ; "Yeah but..." ; Re-membering -- Epilogue: The two-face god: Montgomery
Control code
on1150827443
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
262 pages
Isbn
9781616209100
Lccn
2020016840
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
(OCoLC)1150827443

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