What Was the Civil War and Why Won’t It Go Away? (Virtual)

In subsequent years, the proliferation of Confederate monuments across the country, as well as prominent displays of the Confederate Battle Flag, have led to much debate. These topics are central to artist Sonya Clark’s exhibition at deCordova, titled Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know. Join Dr. Hilary Green to learn about how the Civil War ended; how it has been memorialized; and what that means for race relations in the U.S. today.

Hilary Green is Associate Professor of History and co-director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Alabama . A specialist in Civil War history and memory and the Black Atlantic, Dr. Green has published on a wide range of subjects, including the artwork of Sonya Clark. She is the author of Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 (2016) and co-editor of the book series Reconstruction Reconsidered.