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Some old wounds by declaring april confederate history month and leaving slavery out of the occasion. we have been talking with a panel of three civil war enactors, tim and lisa knight, here in atlanta, and h.k. edgarton joins us by satellite. i'm sorry, i had to take a break there. you were saying? >> talking to me, sir? >> yes. >> here's another thing about it, having confederate history month and leaving out slavery. the thing about it when you have confederate history month and we start talking about the kind of things that took place around here in america, you can't leave out slavery. yo...

Degradation, and absolute denial of opportunities for african-americans. we're celebrating people, and had they won, don, you and i would not be sitting here right now. you and i would be in the fields right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so that's like somebody saying, oh, we're going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. >> all right. that was cnn's roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern states and it is prime-time for reenactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and w...

Right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so that's like somebody saying, oh, we're going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. >> all right. that was cnn's roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern states and it is primetime for re re-enactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and we've got a whole panel of johnny revs joining us right now. tim and lisa knight are here with me in atlanta and there's h.k. ed garton live in charlotte, north carolina. good to see all of you. don't...

At keller.edu. ( tires screeching ) there's never been a better time... ( tires squealing ) to have bad tires. come to meinekand save $20 on two or more tires. at meineke, you're always the driver. welcome back to our conversation. virginia's governor opened up old wounds declaring april confederate history month and leafing slavery out of the equation. we have been talking with a panel of three civil war enactors, tim and lisa knight, here in atlanta, and h.k. edgarton joins us by satellite.