by editor | Dec 7, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
GEORGIA: Pelham leaders phasing out Confederate Flag Police Patches PELHAM, Ga. (WALB) – Two Pelham residents are speaking out Monday, calling for the city’s police officers to remove the Confederate flag from their uniform. The city said they’ve officially...
by editor | Dec 3, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
” But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten. ” — Supreme Court of the United States, November 25, 2020 When teaching law students about the Bill of Rights, professors often ask on the first day of class which is the first...
by editor | Dec 2, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The American Civil War wasn’t just a conflict between citizens of the Union and the Confederacy. Spilling over into Indian Territory, on the western frontier of the war, it profoundly divided tribal nations, communities and families. An estimated 20,000 Indian...
by editor | Nov 30, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
If Israel, as is universally believed and has not been denied, was behind the assassination of Iran’s leading nuclear scientist, questions arise: Why would the Israelis kill him? And why would they do it now? The scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, it is conceded,...
by editor | Nov 30, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
ARKANSAS: Confederate Monument Stays on Historic List During Transition BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The National Register of Historic Places has approved moving the Confederate monument to its new home at James H. Berry Park, according to a news release. The...
by editor | Nov 25, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In the four decades before the Civil War, an estimated several thousand enslaved people escaped from the south-central United States to Mexico. Some received help—from free Black people, ship captains, Mexicans, Germans, preachers, mail riders, and, according to one...