Making up for Lost Causes

Making up for Lost Causes

The American Civil War seemed further away timewise than it was when I was growing up. But the physical proximity was vividly close. My entrance into the world occurred on the northern edge of the Chickamauga Battlefield. Its once bloody soil had turned to green...
Are We Erasing History – or Cementing It?

Are We Erasing History – or Cementing It?

The initial rush of removing Confederate statues has passed, but the cat is out of the bag and remains on the hunt. Critics of white supremacy have found satisfaction in the movement, while supporters complain that activists are out to erase history. We’ve been...
When History Was Erased in a Black Cemetery

When History Was Erased in a Black Cemetery

The nothingness surprised me. I stepped over the low stone wall and walked down the path to the river. The water of the Brazos River stood still in the summer evening, reflecting only a slightly blurred image of the I-35 bridge crossing into downtown Waco, Texas....