Monumental Lies (Rebroadcast)

Monumental Lies (Rebroadcast)

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

Myths of the Civil War and slavery are being kept alive at Confederate monuments, where visitors hear stories of “benevolent slave owners” and enslaved people “contented with their lot.”  Plus, an artist finds herself in the middle of the creation of New Mexico’s most controversial historical monument.

*
*
Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.