<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><b><i>A Brief History of Race and the Lost Cause in American Political Memory</i></b></div><div><br></div><div>Clif Stratton discussed "A Brief History of Race and the Lost Cause in American Political Memory” at the League of Women Voters of Moscow (LWV-Moscow) forum in the Fiske Room of the 1912 Center.</div><div> </div><div>His talk placed in historical context the recent, highly-charged national debates over the removal, relocation, or reinterpretation of public Confederate symbols -- debates that erupted in the wake of the killing of nine African Americans in Charleston, S.C., in June 2015 by an avowed white supremacist. Far from a series of benign discussions concerning “heritage,” Confederate memorialization has always unfolded within the politics of race.</div><div> </div><div>Stratton is a historian of race in America. He is the author of "Education for Empire: Americans Schools, Race, and the Paths of Good Citizenship" (2016), and is currently working on a new project titled "Race and the Atlanta Braves from Summerhill to Cobb County." He teaches history at Washington State University and is from Atlanta, Ga.</div><div><br></div><div>Videos and photos of this presentation are accessible at:</div><div><br></div><div><b>“<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Brief History of Race and the Lost Cause in American Political Memory”</span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Race_040418/">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Race_040418/</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Videos and photos of previous LWV-Moscow forums are accessible at:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>League of Women Voters of Moscow</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>