My work: State of Denial
Why is Alabama the way it is? "State of Denial" shows how the architects of the post-Reconstruction South attempted to bring the Confederacy back to life within the confines of the U.S Constitution, and how their handiwork affects and afflicts Alabama today. In 2023, this project received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
Alabama’s capitol is a crime scene. The cover-up has lasted 120 years.
State of Denial: How white-washed history poisons Alabama
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
Ambushed in Eufaula: Alabama’s forgotten race massacre
A city prides itself on history, but its most significant moment goes ignored.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
How a Confederate daughter rewrote Alabama history for white supremacy
Marie Bankhead Owen was never as powerful as her siblings or as famous as her niece, but her influence lasts in Alabama, perhaps longer than any in her family’s dynasty.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
Legislating while Black in Alabama: CRT and the struggle for respect
Black lawmakers’ uphill battle against white Republican indifference.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
Alabama’s Confederate mansions get state funding, distort our history
State-supported Antebellum house museums give a narrow view of history — one that excuses slavery and excludes Black people.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
How 155 angry white men chained Alabama to its Confederate past
Their plan required not only a social and legal division along racial lines but a political one, too — a separation that persists today.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
Alabama’s education system was designed to preserve white supremacy. I should know.
State’s education failures were on purpose. But I was grown before I could see it.
Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmireal.com
Learn more about my work: Seen and heard
My work: Seen and heard
I love to write, but being seen and heard is as important for reaching audience as being read. In 2017, I won a regional Emmy for my work at Reckon/AL.com and have recently dabbled again in shortform video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kyle
