Because of the current controversy surrounding Confederate monuments, Robert E ... newspaper reporters. Such primary sources further challenge the depiction of Lee as a paternalistic slaveholder ...

It appears to be yet another version of a statement variously worded and commonly attributed to Robert ... sources give us pause: Their context is inconsistent (e.g., the person to whom Lee ...

Civil rights activists and supporters of the legacy of Robert E. Lee in the county that ... who bring racism." But the primary confrontation was over Lee the man and his place in Lee County.