Download or read book The Southern Past written by W. Fitzhugh Brundage and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2005-09-23 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Civil War whites and blacks have struggled over the meanings and uses of the Southern past. The Southern Past argues that these battles are ultimately about who has the power to determine what we remember of the past, and whether that remembrance will honor all Southerners or only select groups.