EUFAULA, Ala. — The facts of Southern history, according to Brad Griffin, are beyond dispute. But Mr. Griffin, 36, is no such activist. An avowed white nationalist, Mr. Griffin just last Saturday was in the streets of Charlottesville, Va., to protest the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. But after the violent demonstrations last weekend in Charlottesville, which left a 32-year-old woman dead, the complex intersection of race, culture and Southern identity has reached a stunning level of national visibility. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe result is a dizzying churn in the often shadowy worlds of far-right and Confederate culture that has sparked a major national debate over race and identity, along with calls for a true and some say long overdue national reckoning with Southern and American history.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2017 23:46 UTC