Today is Confederate Memorial Day, which is still a state holiday in Alabama. I know what you might be thinking, but the Confederacy is worth remembering and we should reflect on how it's still with us today. 🧵 
Alabama's Memorial Preservation Act forces Black Alabamians to honor Confederate leaders and other enslavers with statues, streets and buildings in their communities. Nowhere might this be worse than in the state capital. 2x al.com/news/2022/01/a…
The post-Reconstruction era gave birth to the Alabama government we have today. It was a brutal time when voting rights were violently torn from emancipated people and atrocities against them were covered up. 3x al.com/news/2022/01/a…
Alabama History curriculum is defined better by what's missing than what's there. For that, we have to thank the quintessential Daughter of the Confederacy, Marie Bankhead Owen, who first made purging classrooms a thing. 4x al.com/news/2022/02/h…
As a consequence, Black lawmakers have to fight for respect in the Alabama Legislature where they defend what history has been retaken from the likes of Owen against CRT bills and legislation to criminalize protests. 5x al.com/news/2022/04/l…
The un-Reconstruction of Alabama is a the heart of many of the state's problems. If you're looking for a way to understand the broken Heart of Dixie, subscribe to the State of Denial newsletter and have a thoughtful Confederate Memorial Day. 6x link.al.com/join/6fp/signup
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