Ancestor Quote by Calvin Johnson

“Some of you from outside the South may be wondering why we’re emphasizing this irrefutable historical fact that everyone should know so strongly already.…

— Trae Crowder

The more I think of all that I have seen in the Confederate States, the more I feel inclined to say...'How can you subdue…

— Arthur Fremantle

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the…

— John Shelton Reed

“The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to…

— Mitch Landrieu

I've seen too many comments, too many stories from a fan, or first-time fans that have come to a race in years past and…

— Bubba Wallace

I tell our sisters in the South that so far as Tennessee is concerned she will not be dragged into a Southern or any…

— Andrew Johnson

“I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits…

— Russell Freedman

“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it…

— Trevor P. Wardlaw

Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected…

— Allen Tate

It takes a willful disregard of history to appreciate how white Southerners could look at the Confederate battle flag and see states' rights or…

— Richard Cohen

“Criticism of Davis was neither new nor unusual, for his Confederacy was by no means a monolithic state. Secession had been imposed upon many…

— Burke Davis

“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing Confederacy began…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates