News From Around the South 12/19 to 12/26
GEORGIA: KKK Lawyer Representing Georgia Officer Fired For Flying Confederate Flag Roswell, Ga. — A law firm co-founded by a man with a lengthy history of representing groups like the Ku Klux Klan and other white nationalist and net-confederate organizations has...
Some Christmas time Advice For Pundits
Now that the 538 electors have voted — and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the expected candidates — we can marvel at how such a huge difference in public policies can be made by just a few votes, the 77,744 votes by which Donald Trump beat Hillary...
News From Around the South 12/12 to 12/19
GEORGIA: Officer Fired For Flying Confederate Flag Sues Department The Georgia police officer who was terminated earlier this year for flying a Confederate flag at her Georgia home is suing her former place of employment. AllOnGeorgia reported on the story 20-year...
The 1540 Battle that Changed the South
In September 1540, Hernando de Soto and his entourage marched into Talisi — which these days is known as Tallassee and is about 30 miles northeast of Montgomery in central Alabama. It must have been quite the impressive sight: 600 Spanish soldiers, many on...
News From Around the South 12/5 to 12/12
SOUTH CAROLINA: New Roof Photos Released of Confederate Flag CHARLESTON, S.C. — Since Dylann Roof was arrested for the slayings of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church, a few photos of the Columbia self-avowed white supremacist with the Confederate...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More