<description>&lt;p&gt;Jack Kershaw created his most famous piece of art in his 80s. His lifelong passion for the arts had to take a backseat when he shifted his focus to becoming a professional racist during the fight against integration. He was doing it for his confederate ancestors, he would often say. But he was never very specific about who exactly his ancestors were...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The It Could Happen Here episode mentioned, originally aired 2/22/2024 - &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZQAqsxImsNGQUTzHGKhNp"&gt;https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZQAqsxImsNGQUTzHGKhNp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/23/polk-sculpture-donated-by-white-supremacist-jack-kershaw/"&gt;https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/23/polk-sculpture-donated-by-white-supremacist-jack-kershaw/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/22/polk-sculpture-removed-by-student-taken-to-archives/"&gt;https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/22/polk-sculpture-removed-by-student-taken-to-archives/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://meridiana.sewanee.edu/2022/04/30/a-year-later-a-letter-of-explanation/"&gt;https://meridiana.sewanee.edu/2022/04/30/a-year-later-a-letter-of-explanation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.moca.org/collection/work/unmanned-drone"&gt;https://www.moca.org/collection/work/unmanned-drone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/28/swords-plowshares"&gt;https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/28/swords-plowshares&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sipcville.com/"&gt;https://www.sipcville.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-03-23/swords-into-plowshares-cville-jefferson-school-designs-hood-push-mass"&gt;https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-03-23/swords-into-plowshares-cville-jefferson-school-designs-hood-push-mass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-05-23/swords-into-plowshares-robert-e-lee-statue-charlottesville-centennial"&gt;https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-05-23/swords-into-plowshares-robert-e-lee-statue-charlottesville-centennial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/970610428/nearly-100-confederate-monuments-removed-in-2020-report-says-more-than-700-remai"&gt;https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/970610428/nearly-100-confederate-monuments-removed-in-2020-report-says-more-than-700-remai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/confederate-icongraphy.html"&gt;https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/confederate-icongraphy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wpln.org/post/even-as-statue-forrest-still-draws-fire/"&gt;https://wpln.org/post/even-as-statue-forrest-still-draws-fire/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/30/Ray-says-lawyer-hid-Playboy-fee/1722386312400/"&gt;https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/30/Ray-says-lawyer-hid-Playboy-fee/1722386312400/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, August 2017&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCjM1lPwg4"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCjM1lPwg4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, October 2017&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b_-TZwQ0I"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b_-TZwQ0I&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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The Ugliest Confederate Statue in the World: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 1

APR 2, 202638 MIN
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The Ugliest Confederate Statue in the World: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 1

APR 2, 202638 MIN

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Jack Kershaw created his most famous piece of art in his 80s. His lifelong passion for the arts had to take a backseat when he shifted his focus to becoming a professional racist during the fight against integration. He was doing it for his confederate ancestors, he would often say. But he was never very specific about who exactly his ancestors were...The It Could Happen Here episode mentioned, originally aired 2/22/2024 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZQAqsxImsNGQUTzHGKhNp Sources:https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/23/polk-sculpture-donated-by-white-supremacist-jack-kershaw/ https://thesewaneepurple.org/2021/03/22/polk-sculpture-removed-by-student-taken-to-archives/ https://meridiana.sewanee.edu/2022/04/30/a-year-later-a-letter-of-explanation/ https://www.moca.org/collection/work/unmanned-drone https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/28/swords-plowshares https://www.sipcville.com/ https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-03-23/swords-into-plowshares-cville-jefferson-school-designs-hood-push-mass https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-05-23/swords-into-plowshares-robert-e-lee-statue-charlottesville-centennial https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/970610428/nearly-100-confederate-monuments-removed-in-2020-report-says-more-than-700-remai https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/confederate-icongraphy.html https://wpln.org/post/even-as-statue-forrest-still-draws-fire/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/30/Ray-says-lawyer-hid-Playboy-fee/1722386312400/ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, August 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCjM1lPwg4 Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, October 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b_-TZwQ0ISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.