Karen L. Cox is a professor of history whose scholarship delves into the intricate history of race relations and civil rights. Her work meticulously examines the deeply entrenched societal structures and dynamics that have shaped the American past. Cox's writing aims to illuminate the often-unseen forces influencing communities and individuals. She seeks to uncover the complex narratives that define historical experiences and their lasting impact.
In this eye-opening narrative of the efforts to raise, preserve, protest, and remove Confederate monuments, Karen Cox depicts what these statues meant to those who erected them and how a movement arose to force a reckoning.