Obiter Dicta
Freedom’s Extinction
"Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction." — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after...
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News From Around the South 7/15 to 7/22
SOUTH CAROLINA: Snow's Island Was Pivotal in Revolutionary War -- Site Will Soon Be Open to the Public FLORENCE – American history will soon be at...
Book Review: The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory
The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory. By Gaines M. Foster. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 280 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Patrick Young In spite of the title, this is not a 280-page examination of the “Limits of the Lost Cause.” Like many essay collections, some offerings are right on point with the title; others, too good to throw away, are only...
What the Change of a Disney Park Ride Refects About How America Sees Itself
Splash Mountain, originally based on the film ‘Song of the South,’ has become Tiana’s Bayou Adventure It’s not a stretch to say that many Disney...
‘It feels sacred.’ Preserving these Charlotte church cemeteries protects Black history too
Wayne Johnson is a man full of stories. The Grier Heights native heard them from his elders, who got them from their elders, the farmers and masons...