News From Around the South, 10/14 to 10/21
LOUISIANA: The Fall of Confederate Shreveport SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – During the American Civil War, eleven Southern cities were badly damaged or destroyed and almost 116,000 people were displaced. That’s a little more than 1% of the South’s entire population....
Are Minorities Voting Increasingly Like Republicans?
Not everything significant politically is happening just in the target states. “Never seen anything like this in thirty years,” said California Republican consultant Mike Madrid in an X post, referencing the sharp increase in Republican registration among...
Oldest Surviving Ship of U.S. Navy To Go On Display Next Year
In 2026, the US will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That year, the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History will unveil a new display interpreting the 54-foot 1776 gunboat Philadelphia, built for Benedict...
‘The Message’ and The Interview
On Sept. 30, bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on the “CBS Mornings” show to promote his book “The Message,” which is a one-sided critique of Israel as an apartheid state. The book compares Israel to the “Jim Crow South”...
News From Around the South 10/7 to 10/14
ALABAMA — Montgomery High School Student Starts Petition To Change City Flag The flag, which incorporates Confederate symbols, was selected in 1952 by a committee that included Marie Bankhead Owen, a Lost Cause propagandist. The American Civil War ended in the...Obiter Dicta
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