News From Around the South 11/12 to 11/19
TENNESSEE: Stones River Battlefield Delivers Civil War History NASHVILLE — “So this is the Battlefield, it really hasn’t changed much since 1862.” Stop, look, and listen. The cannons are quiet now, but the Civil War cemetery tells of a time...
Black Recruiting Site A National Monument
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves during the Civil War, it did not apply to Kentucky, one of the few slave states that did not join the Confederacy. But Elijah P. Marrs did not want to wait. He escaped...
Let the Democrats Keep Showing Their Hand
The Democratic Party’s emerging radical bloc is alarming, but the leftist group’s youthful intemperance could backfire and re-energize Republicans’ 2020 electoral prospects. Even before all the hanging chads and miraculously divined ballots have been...
Republican Opportunity With Young Blacks
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting take on blacks. Nationwide data on black voting in this election cycle do not point to much change. Various polls over recent months seemed to indicate that blacks were...Obiter Dicta
The recent suppression of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s torture-tainted confessions at Guantanamo Bay is far more than a victory for a Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: To save SC’s historic Black schools, nonprofit launches statewide coalition The South Carolina Historic Black Schools Preservation Network is meant to help pool resources and knowledge in saving Read More