W. Fitzhugh Brundage

W. Fitzhugh Brundage is the William B. Umstead Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His most recent book, Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition, was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History.

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A University’s Betrayal of Historical Truth

The University of North Carolina agreed to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million—a sum that rivals the endowment of its history department.
- David W. Blight, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, and Kevin M. Levin
- December 9, 2019