News from Around the South 7/1 – 7/8
Virginia: Federal Judge Sides with Lexington over Confederate Flag Ban Lexington’s ban on flying the Confederate flag — and other non-governmental colors — from city-owned light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of free speech, a federal appeals court...
Was Civil War About Slavery?
In the course of our conversation, Yacine Kout mentioned something else—an incident that had happened the previous spring at Eastern Randolph High School just outside Asheboro. On Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico’s defeat of French forces at the Battle...
Book Review
The Sharpshooter 1862-1864, by Charles Phillips Charles Phillips takes his reader back to the days of the Nueces massacre, an intense and violent conflict between the Confederate soldiers and the German Texans of August of 1862 in his novel The Sharpshooter:...Obiter Dicta
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men Read More
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GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes ‘Confederate History Month’ ATLANTA – A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues to recognize “Confederate History Month,” but black lawmakers charge it Read More