News From Around the South 3/6 to 3/13
MISSISSIPPI: Confederate Flag Spat Could Gum Up Mississippi Policy Work JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A top Mississippi lawmaker is blocking an effort to punish universities that refuse to fly the Confederate-themed state flag – a symbol that critics see as...
Jewish History of the Civil War
Local communities in both the North and South mobilized efforts to organize and equip the armies of the Civil War. In August, 1862, the Jewish community of Chicago met in a series of meetings at the Concordia Club to organize a Jewish company for a new Illinois...
Confederacy a Con Job on Whites?
I’ve lived 55 years in the South, and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I haven’t flown one for many decades, but for a reason that might surprise you. I know the South well. We lived wherever the Marine Corps stationed my father: Georgia, Virginia, the...
News From Around the South 2/27 to 3/6
LOUISIANA: New Orleans Can Remove Three Confederate Monuments After a long and tough fight, it seemed Monday that Confederate General Robert E. Lee would be moving out of New Orleans. A federal court ruled this week that a statue of Lee standing proudly atop a...Obiter Dicta
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More