Cossen (The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)Īdam Domby’s The False Cause “details how white supremacy, fraud, and fabricated memories have fundamentally shaped how Americans, especially white southerners, recalled the past.” In this narrative Domby explains how white southerners generally, but, specifically in this case, North Carolinians, used the “lies and falsehoods” they were taught about the Lost Cause to “justify segregation, disenfranchisement, and racial discrimination” (p. Reviewed by Shae Smith Cox (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)Ĭommissioned by William S. The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory.Ĭharlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020.
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