News From Around the South 4/13 to 4/20
VIRGINIA: Southern Heritage Organizations Love to Exhibit Past The Confederacy holds a special place in the hearts of many Southerners, especially members of heritage organizations. DANVILLE, Va. — “It’s special to me because virtually all of my male ancestors...
Glasgow’s Civil War Role
Carrying weapons, money and essential food supplies they came under fire from the Union navy, risking the lives of their crew. Now these ships are celebrated in Blockade Runners, a new display at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, opened to coincide with the 150th...
The Killing in South Carolina
Why was Walter Scott running away from a policeman who tried to stop him for a broken taillight? The media are trying to make a South Carolina policeman’s killing of a black man, Walter Scott, another sensational case of racism, but the media have missed the...
News from Around the South 4/6 to 4/13
GEORGIA: Civil War Photo Was Teenage Hoax SAVANNAH, Ga. – For three decades, the stained and blurry photograph presented a great mystery to Civil War historians. It was a picture taken of another photo, which appeared far older and was encased in a peeling,...
Psychological Power of the CSA Flag
The Supreme Court recently heard a case about a proposed specialty Texas license plate featuring a Confederate flag. In the long-running debate over the symbol, supporters are quick to deny that it represents a racist ideology. But an experiment published in the...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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LOUISIANA: LSU struggles with multimillion-dollar athletics deficit: ‘We’ve got to stop that bleeding After years of minimal profits, LSU athletics is now tens of millions of dollars in the red. Read More