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The band formerly known as Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A. Here's what the word really means and why it has its roots in white supremacy.
On Thursday, the band announced on social media it would drop the word "Antebellum," due to its association with slavery.
The antebellum South is known as a racist period in American history which granted zero rights to black people and profited off their slave labor under white power.
ANTEBELLUM is a word which as been used in the name of popular country group Lady A - but what does it mean and why has the band changed its name?
Country group Lady Antebellum announced they were dropping the word, rebranding as Lady A. What does antebellum mean and is it offensive? This Lady is getting a makeover.
Antebellum romanticization often portrays white plantation owners as noble landowners – effectively glorifying a painful period for black Americans.
The country band Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A, saying that its members are "regretful and embarrassed" that they had not previously considered the loaded history of the term.
