Robert Michael Givens (born March 19, 1958 in Anderson, South Carolina) is an American film director, cinematographer, and former commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Confederate sympathy

Givens is a former commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).[1][2][3][4][5] Regarding the American Civil War, he has been quoted as saying "our people were only fighting to protect themselves from an invasion and for their independence",[6] and expressed his belief that the war was not about slavery and that black Southerners wilfully allied with whites to resist the United States, views that historian Kevin M. Levin associates with the Lost Cause of the Confederacy myth.[3] In 1998, Givens was promoting his concept for a film in which Abraham Lincoln is tried as a war criminal at The Hague.[7] While in command of the SCV, Givens commissioned a series of articles for the organization's Confederate Veteran magazine; these articles were collected into the book To Live and Die in Dixie: The Struggle Continues (ISBN 978-0986301018) in 2015.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Sprouse, Jennifer (January 9, 2014). "Sons of Confederate Veterans chief to speak at Lee-Jackson Day dinner". Johnson City Press. Retrieved September 1, 2023. Michael Givens may have never met Gen. Robert E. Lee, but the historic Confederate Army leader is a hero in his eyes. Givens, a director and cinematographer by trade as well as an East Tennessee State University alumni, is also the commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that's been in existence since 1896.
  2. ↑ Black, Olivia Williams (2016). "The 150-Year War: The Struggle to Create and Control Civil War Memory at Fort Sumter National Monument". The Public Historian. 38 (4): 149–166. doi:10.1525/tph.2016.38.4.149. ISSN 0272-3433. JSTOR 26420937.
  3. 1 2 Levin, Kevin M. (9 August 2019). Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth. UNC Press Books. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4696-5327-3.
  4. ↑ "Life and Arts Announcements, Jan. 13". Knoxville News Sentinel. January 11, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2023. Longstreet/Zollicoffer Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans: Robert E. Lee/Stonewall Jackson birthday dinner, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Foundry Restaurant, World's Fair Park. Director/cinematographer/ SCV Commander in Chief R. Michael Givens will speak.
  5. ↑ South Carolina Division - Sons of Confederate Veterans (July 21, 2014). Commander In Chief Michael Givens Farewell Address (YouTube video). Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ Eichler, Alex (November 30, 2010). "150 Years After the Civil War, Should We Be Swearing In Jefferson Davis?". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 1, 2023. No, It's Just a Celebration of Independence The [New York] Times also quotes Michael Givens, commander-in-chief of the group Sons of Confederate Veterans, who says, 'We in the South, who have been kicked around for an awfully long time and are accused of being racist, we would just like the truth to be known... Our people were only fighting to protect themselves from an invasion and for their independence.'
  7. ↑ Feinstein, Howard (1998). "The independent film & video monthly". New York, NY : Foundation for Independent Video and Film : Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Clyde (May 8, 2015). "New From Southern Pens, Part 2". abbevilleinstitute.org. Abbeville Institute. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ To Live and Die in Dixie: The Struggle Continues... SCV, Incorporated. 5 January 2015. ISBN 9780986301001. Retrieved November 24, 2023. Contributor       R. Michael Givens
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