Obiter Dicta
The Limits of Merit
The New York City Public School system is 62% Black and Hispanic. At its eight most prestigious competitive high schools, 80% of the...
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News From Around the South, 7/13 to 7/20
MISSISSIPPI: Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of Black toddler was accused of making a racially offensive remark two days prior Sgt....
Civil War Combat – Gettysburg’s Wheatfield: The Show that Left me Wanting More
The 1990s played host to some of the best-known pieces of Civil War media, from Gettysburg to The Civil War Journal. The decade was a Civil War buff’s dream, and riding this wave into 2000 was the History Channel, which produced the 12-episode series Civil War Combat. Each episode featured historians, such as Ed Bearss and D. Scott Hartwig, discussing some of the war’s bloodiest battles, with...
Nearly 250 years in the making, new Baton Rouge Revolutionary War marker vanished in 3 days
Three years of planning and fundraising to commemorate an obscure but major piece in America's 250th celebration was wiped out in just three days....
Confederate flag image at NC’s Great American State Fair stand sparks backlash
Visitors hoping to celebrate North Carolina’s history at the Great American State Fair last week were instead met with an ugly reminder of its...