The Lost Cause Narrative

A project by students Kelsey Stubbs, Emma Bailey, Mabel Luong, and Niya Williams.



Works Cited:

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Horwitz, T. (2000). Confederates in the attic. Pantheon. 

Lees, W. (2021). The problem with “Confederate” monuments on our heritage landscape. Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12962 

Leatherby, L. Ray, A., Singhvi, A., Triebert, C., Watkins, D., & Willis, H. (2021). How a presidential rally turned into a capitol rampage. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537  (1896). Justia Law (n.d.). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/ 

Steele, B. (2020). Juxta positioned memory: Lost cause statues and sites of lynching. Modern Languages Open, 1. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.333 

Tedesco, S. (2021). An Analysis of the Representation of the Lost Cause Narrative in    Museums (Order No. 28717584). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection. (2582820584).http://csulb.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/analysis-representation-lost-cause-narrative/docview/2582820584/se-2 

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The lost cause: Definition and origins. American Battlefield Trust. (2021, July 14). Retrieved December 11, 2022, from https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lost-cause-definition-and-origins 

Urofsky, M. I. (2022, September 9). Jim Crow law. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law