This year’s education scandal saw parents shelling out megabucks to gain college admittance for their children. Federal prosecutors have charged [...]
News From Around the South 12/2 to 12/9
NORTH CAROLINA: Town Cancels Christmas Parade for Fear of Confederate Flag Protesters
In a tearful address to [...]
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Jan30
Alabama: Civil War Trust seeks to develop Anniston battlefield The Washington, D.C.-based Civil War Trust is hoping to turn an Alabama industrial site into a park commemorating Civil War history, according to The Anniston Star. The site of the former Blue Mountain Industries was key in the Confederate war effort from a training and transportation standpoint, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aug02
Weekly News from Around the South
on August 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Virginia: Obama related to legendary Virginia slave, genealogist says WASHINGTON – For genealogists, President Obama’s family tree is the gift that keeps on giving. There was Dick Cheney, Warren Buffett and Sarah Palin. On Monday, genealogists added another notable figure to Obama’s unlikely list of relatives: John Punch, a Virginia slave that some historians consider the first African enslaved in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Aug23
News from Around the South for Week of 8/20-8/26
on August 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Monument to Civil War General Sparks Controversy By Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News The renovation of a monument honoring a Civil War Confederate general, who was the first “Grand Wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan, is once more creating controversy in Selma, Ala., 11 years after protesters got it moved off of public property. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sep04
One of the many problems with political correctness is that it often ignores context. Well, that’s being kind. Political correctness doesn’t just ignore context, it assumes you aren’t smart enough to understand it. At its insidious core, it can be nothing more than elitist censorship, wherein people who presume to know better than you remove […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sep05
News from Around the South for Week of 9/3
on September 5th, 2012 at 4:51 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Hurricane Isaac uncovers Confederate ‘mystery ship’ By Paul Conner, The Daily Caller In the latest installment of a spooky pattern of events, Hurricane Isaac uncovered a boat believed to be a Civil War blockade runner on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala. Photos of the ship were posted to Facebook by Meyer Vacation Rentals. Gulf […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oct26
News from Around the South 10/19-10/26
on October 26th, 2012 at 5:42 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Florida: Confederate Flag at School Angers Mom A South Florida mom is not happy with a history exhibition at her child’s elementary school. Tina Meadows is asking Sunset Lakes Elementary School in Miramar to remove a Confederate flag on display in a school hallway, the Miami Herald reports. The controversial flag is encased on the wall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec10
News from Around the South 12/3-12/10
on December 10th, 2012 at 2:46 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Union General Gets Civil War Historical Marker The Civil War was more than just a battlefield conflict. It affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives, but 90 percent of Georgia’s 1,000 Civil War markers were about battles and Confederate military leaders. That prompted the Georgia Historical Society to erect 150 historical markers across the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec17
News from Around the South 12/10-12/17
on December 17th, 2012 at 9:34 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Teen’s Diary Provides Perspective on Civil War From atop Macon’s College Street, a disabled teen seemed to have little to look forward to except satisfying his voracious hunger for news of the Civil War. More than 150 years later, the world can now view the conflict through his eyes. LeRoy Wiley Gresham wrote his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec31
News from Around the South 12/24 – 12/31
on December 31st, 2012 at 2:01 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Civil War Photographs Depict Reality of War Photographs of the Civil War era from the collection of Judith J. Norrell are on exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art, offering rare views of the impact of war on the land and its people. The exhibit features some 30 photographs by many of the noted photographers of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lure of the South: Confederate Yankees
Albert H. Newall died at Fort Delaware POW camp. The town fathers of Danville, Iowa didn’t want to bury his body in the local cemetery.JIM WILLIAMS/RANDEL BAILEY
At least 76 Iowans fought for the [...]
Racism in University Culture
Syracuse University
To hear some Syracuse University students and alumni of color tell it, the headline-grabbing events on campus over the past two weeks were a long time coming.
They say while other colleges and universities across [...]