Woodrow Wilson’s Troubled Legacy
Woodrow Wilson is best known as the World War I president who earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to found the League of Nations. A progressive reformer who fought against monopolies and child labor, he served two terms starting in 1913. But Wilson was also a...
Can Trump Pull A Truman?
On July 22, 1988, after the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, the party nominee, Gov. Michael Dukakis, enjoyed a 17-point lead over Vice President George W. Bush. Five weeks later, on Labor Day, Dukakis was down eight points, the same margin by which he would...
News From Around the South 7/6 to 7/13
SOUTH CAROLINA: Support for Confederacy “Dying Out” As Protestors Mark Anniversary of Flag Removal COLUMBIA – Calvin Guyette held his sign directly in front of the man at the monument honoring the Confederate dead. A few feet of sidewalk and two lines of...
Hot Times In Atlanta
I’ve lived in Atlanta for over three decades. I grew up an hour west in the then-rural town of Carrollton, where my father taught at West Georgia College. Twice a year, we traveled to Atlanta, in August to do our back-to-school shopping and in December to attend...
Jackson’s Heir Cheers Removal
In Denton, Texas, 1,300 miles away from where a crowd was gathered to watch the removal of the Stonewall Jackson statue in Richmond, Virginia, Jackson’s great-great-grandson’s phone was buzzing with text messages from friends watching workers saw off the base of the...Obiter Dicta
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an Read More
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FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, Read More