Who Tells Your Story

Sanford Levinson is Professor of Law at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author, co-author, and editor of numerous books, including Constitutional Faith and Interpreting Law and Literature.

Part I. General Reflections on Public Memory
Introduction. Remembrance, Forgetfulness, and Public Memory / Sanford Levinson  3
1. Public Monuments, Public Schools, Public Stories / Kermit Roosevelt III  21
Part II. Two American Icons
2. The Jefferson Images at Monticello / Emily Bradley Greenfield  43
3. King Day / Randall Kennedy  71
Part III. The Particular Problem of Remembering the Civil War
4. Creating Space for Reflection in Memorial Design / Deborah R. Gerhardt  87
5. After They Fall: Case Studies of Confederate Monuments Postremoval / Kimberly Probolus  115
Part IV. But the Civil War is Not the Only Issue for Americans
6. The Cross, the Confederate, and the Constitution / Richard C. Schragger  143
7. In the Shadows of the Looming Oaks: Monumental Lessons from Prophetstown and Tippecanoe / Zachary Bray  171
8. The National Holodomor Memorial in Washington, DC / Larysa Kurylas  197
Part V. America is Not Unique: Three Case Studies in Grappling with Complex National Histories
9. Monumental Shifts: Indigenous Sovereignty, Commemorative Politics, and Australia’s Statue Wars / Bruce Scates  221
10. Multidirectional Memorial Activism in Germany: The Limits of National Memory Narratives? / Anna Saunders  251
11. Soviet Monuments as a Security Threat: Insights from Central and Eastern Europe / Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik and Agata Tatarenko  273
Acknowledgments  299
Contributors  301
Index  305