News From Around the South 10/31 to 11/7
NORTH CAROLINA: Fayeteville City Council Backs Funds for Civil War History Center The Fayetteville City Council agreed Monday to pay $6.6 million toward the construction of a history center — a move the co-chair of the center’s board says practically guarantees...
The GOP Can’t Whatabout the Pelosi Attack
The House speaker’s husband was brutally attacked, and most GOP officeholders — even the “good Republicans” we’ve been assured will usher us out of Trumpism — failed the test. A handful still had enough of a decency default to find the right...
Mathew Brady And His Groundbreaking Photos That Showed The Public The Gruesome Price Of The Civil War
Known as the “father of photojournalism,” Mathew Brady helped take 10,000 pictures of the Civil War — and captured the reality of America’s bloodiest conflict. allthatsinteresting.com
Supreme Court Poised to Strike Down Racial Preferences
Lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are exposing the crude and dehumanizing racial sorting that goes on in the admissions offices at elite universities. The application form asks young people to check a box identifying themselves...
News From Around the South 10/24 to 10/31
SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort Hall Where Black Civil War Veterans Once Gathered Added To Historic Network (Tribune News Service) — The 126-year-old Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort, S.C. — where Black Civil War veterans once gathered — is among four additions to...Obiter Dicta
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MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told Read More