Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives through Public Design
By Kofi Boone (Editor), M. Elen Deming (Editor), Tania Allen (Contribution by), C. L. Bohannon (Contribution by), W. Fitzhugh Brundage (Contribution by), Elgin Cleckley (Contribution by), Walter Hood (Contribution by), Zena Howard (Contribution by), Blair L M Kelley (Contribution by), Bryan Lee Jr. (Contribution by), Sue Mobley (Contribution by), Sara Queen (Contribution by), Chantel Rush (Contribution by), Richard Schein (Contribution by), Dayton Schroeter (Contribution by), Dell Upton (Contribution by), David Wilson (Contribution by)
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By Kofi Boone (Editor), M. Elen Deming (Editor), Tania Allen (Contribution by), C. L. Bohannon (Contribution by), W. Fitzhugh Brundage (Contribution by), Elgin Cleckley (Contribution by), Walter Hood (Contribution by), Zena Howard (Contribution by), Blair L M Kelley (Contribution by), Bryan Lee Jr. (Contribution by), Sue Mobley (Contribution by), Sara Queen (Contribution by), Chantel Rush (Contribution by), Richard Schein (Contribution by), Dayton Schroeter (Contribution by), Dell Upton (Contribution by), David Wilson (Contribution by)
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Finalist for the UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes’ J.B. Jackson Book Prize
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Empty Pedestals uses a design perspective to explore how monuments to the Confederacy speak to regionalism, racist political agendas, and residual collective pain. Many designers and artists working in the public realm have created innovative projects to replace Confederate memorials, contextualize those that still stand, and foster new conversations about history, race, and justic...
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Empty Pedestals uses a design perspective to explore how monuments to the Confederacy speak to regionalism, racist political agendas, and residual collective pain. Many designers and artists working in the public realm have created innovative projects to replace Confederate memorials, contextualize those that still stand, and foster new conversations about history, race, and justic...






















