“As these (Confederate) monuments were erected, the vote increased for members of the then-racist Democratic Party, and people turned out to vote in lower numbers in predominantly Black areas,” Alexander N. Taylor writes.
Alexander N. Taylor
Alexander N. Taylor is a PhD Candidate in Economics at George Mason University, where he researches Political Economy and Economic History. Taylor's research interests include culture and media, with particular interest in the postbellum American South and early modern Europe.