Confederate Heritage, the KKK, and Mary Phagan

I recently came across this rather interesting Facebook post:

The Virginia Flaggers posted this on June 1, 2015.

About the Public Memory of Reconstruction …

Ah, a Virginia Flaggers supporter celebrates the Reconstruction KKK as protecting “ALL decent citizens,” and they were loyal to the US Constitution.

Remembering Reconstruction: An Example from Colfax, Louisiana

Those people interested in shaping (or reshaping) the public memory of Reconstruction might profit from reading this 2003 article in The Atlantic on a visit to Colfax, Louisiana.