News From Around the South, 4/7 to 4/14 - 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 family’s real estate business in Greenville. A few years later, he served as chairman of the board at the university that bears his family’s name. […]
Tariffs and the Constitution - “No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of [the Constitution’s] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.” — Ex Parte Milligan, Supreme Court of the United States, 1866. President Donald Trump has recently imposed a national sales tax on nearly […]
Volunteer Archivists Decipher Thousands of Untold Stories from the American Revolution - In 1777, drunken British soldiers stormed into Sarah Martin’s home in Woodbridge, New Jersey and demanded that she cook them ham and eggs. Hostile and impatient, the soldiers threatened to kill her youngest child, who cried as she prepared the meal. One of the officers even wielded his sword, striking the child and giving Martin […]
President Laura Loomer? - She is a self-styled Islamophobe, a proud white nationalist and a conspiracy theorist. She called 9/11 an “inside job.” She has been banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (pre-Musk), PayPal, Uber and Lyft, among others, for hate speech and posting misinformation. She has been banned from events and had her press credentials suspended for harassing politicians […]
News From Around the South 3/31 to 4/7 - VIRGINIA: New Library of Congress exhibit delves into Revolutionary War rivals with help from VCU’s Brooke Newman The history professor provides expertise for ‘Parallel Lives,’ an installation about two famous Georges that ties into America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. With help from a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, the Library of Congress is exploring two famous Georges […]
