Salon "Today, most of the history being explored at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello concerns the life of his slaves."

Newsweek Lincoln demolished the slave-owning cause with relentless logic.

Washington Post Today he's a symbol of the South's lost cause. But Jefferson Davis was loathed by much of his own military, Congress and public — even before the Confederacy died on his watch.

Washington Post 'We continue our march to reconciliation by removing the Jefferson Davis Confederate statue from its pedestal of reverence,' Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.

Salon "In the end, Jefferson created a more profound pro-slavery America..."

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Fast Company The reach of the Confederacy goes well beyond the flag and hides in other insidious ways:

HuffPost Education "Jefferson Davis was someone who vehemently supported the institution of slavery and white supremacy. That is not in line with the university's values and does not promote the ideals of a diverse and all-inclusive university."

TheRoot.com Jefferson Davis' support of slavery and white supremacy do not coincide with university values.

Wayne Gallops Something for Senator Graham: you've announced that you wish to be President of all Americans, let's start in your home state if SC. As a white southerner,when I hear folks speak of southern pride, I ask "proud of what the confederacy represented" - Read more ... slavery, plantation oligarchs, secession , civil war, Jim Crowe, segregation, hate crimes and murders - or what the great cities and culture of the modern south represent? My grandfather was a Lee (James Henry Lee), my ggggreat uncle was R.E. Lee. The stars n bars represents the confederacy, not "southern pride", values, or ancestry. I think it's time all of our southern states rejoin the "union", fully , as R.E. Lee implored after the civil war. Not to belabor the point , but I do think it's time for a national discussion on this and time for white southerners to stand up for what is right (just as we ask our moderate Muslim friends to do). My southern heritage began at Stratford Hall, long before there was a "confederacy" or "stars n bars". In fact that part of southern history lasted only 4years therefore, one's southern identity and heritage should not depend on such a short lived and spurious symbol- Unless, one truly stands for what that symbol stood (past tense) for : secession, economic oligarchy, racism, slavery, segregation, etc.. I implore you to stand for what's right and for symbology indicative of the values Americans share. I challenge you to present a bill prohibiting the display of the confederate battle flag at any location or organization funded by public funds: federal, state, or local.