Confederate Names on Schools Under Fire
After a racially motivated shooting in Charleston earlier this month left nine black people dead, a nationwide conversation about the Confederate flag began. Politicians jumped on the bandwagon, major corporations removed merchandise displaying the flag from their...
War on Flag Gains Steam
Some of the world’s biggest retailers and e-commerce sites are pulling Confederate flag merchandise, while prominent lawmakers in several states push for the removal of Confederate symbols following the deadly shooting at a historic black church in South...News From Around the South 6/22 to 6/29
SOUTH CAROLINA: Gov. Haley: Time to move Confederate flag from Capitol grounds COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol following the fatal shooting...
The Meaning of Charleston
Almost immediately after a white killer gunned down nine black worshippers at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, out came the politics. On the Capitol grounds in Columbia flies the battlefield flag of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia,...
Civil War at 150 Still Divisive
As the 150th anniversary of the start of theCivil War approaches, most Americans say the war between the North and South is still relevant to American politics and public life today. More than half of Americans (56%) say the Civil War is still relevant, according to...Obiter Dicta
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the Read More
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