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How Dixie’s History Got Whitewashed
LOST CAUSE
The United Daughters of the Confederacy were once a powerful force in public education across the South, right down to rewriting history: slaves were happy, y’all.
Kevin M. Levin
Published
Aug. 19 2016
12:11PM EDT
Courtesy Of Christopher Dickey
Kevin M. Levin
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