News From Around the South 9/19 to 9/26
VIRGINIA: Statue Debate Provokes Fiery Defense of Confederacy MATHEWS, Va. — Former county board member Jerry Sadler solemnly doffed his red “Make America Great Again” hat as he approached the microphone. “The Lord commanded us to love one another,” he began in a...
The Right To Travel
Watching the unprecedented, forced removals of immigrants from Texas to New York City, Martha’s Vineyard and the District of Columbia, I thought that my grandparents were fortunate to have entered the United States in an era, though xenophobic toward those from...
Two West Point Alumni Launch Effort to Honor First Black Soldiers of the Civil War
BEAUFORT — When they were students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the 1970s, Ben Hodges and Chris Allen learned a lot about the country’s various armed engagements. Many years later — after Hodges retired as a three-star lieutenant general of the Army,...
Uncle Tom II
The sequel to “Uncle Tom,” the 2020 documentary that I executive produced, just premiered. Watch it on uncletom.com. As with the first, Justin Malone brilliantly directs with Ryder Ansell and me co-writing. It is again beautifully scored by composer Damon...
News From Around The South 9/12 to 9/19
SOUTH CAROLINA: Southern Monument Removal Suits Dropped By Descendents And American Heritage Association A pair of lawsuits opposing the removal of Confederate- and antebellum-themed monuments in Charleston were dropped this week. The American Heritage Association...Obiter Dicta
“That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Furman U researchers uncover 1,238 racially restrictive deeds connected to former board chairman In the post-World War 2 era, Alester G. Furman Jr. was in charge of the Read More