The Confederate President Wasn't Tried, But Should Have Been
The failure of the American government to prosecute Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, could hold lessons for America as Trump awaits trial
The Other Big Lie
Mother Jones video journalist Garrison Hayes and essayist Anthony Conwright examine the white grievance on display at the January 6 insurrection and trace it to the suppression of Black civil rights in the post-Civil War period.
Friday Nite Videos | July 29, 2022
Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause: A Lie Embedded in American History
Historian Karen L. Cox examines the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.
The Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are) | Trailer
Filmed over six years across the US, Civil War lays bare a nation in denial, haunted by an embittered past and the stories it refuses to tell.
Friday Nite Videos | April 9, 2021
Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause
The Lost Cause was a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.
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