HIST 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: William Archibald Dunning, American Memory, Ancient Greek Temple
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The civil war in american memory part ii creation of jim crow system failure of the north to care: failure to continue fight for african american freedom, did nothing to uphold the emancipationist vision. During this moment when new vision civil war emerges glorification of south and the. Lost cause institutions created and remain central to american life. Key architect of this idea: william dunning of columbia university (turn of century civil. War expert: becomes dominant view by early 20th c. Both about civil war and specifically sinister republican reconstruction: a vindictive act to unleash chaos by giving african americans freedom. Plot point of black man raping a southern white girl: free black men inherently represent this threat, white men must rise up to restore order through kkk etc. One of most important signs of how deep this kind of civil war memory coincided with emergence of hollywood: first blockbuster: revolutionary film birth of a nation dir.
