News From Around the South 4/8 – 4/15

by | Apr 15, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

  Tenessee: Sons of Confederate Veterans Diss Memphis Over Parks Choice MEMPHIS — The Sons of Confederate Veterans International chose Richardson, Texas, over Memphis for its 2016 annual convention in part because of “negative publicity” over Memphis’...
News From Around the South 3/18-3/25

News From Around the South 3/18-3/25

by | Mar 25, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Tennessee: Compromise Sought after Memphis Strikes Confederate Names from Parks MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis officials are proposing a compromise after the City Council stripped Confederacy names from three city parks. Mayor A C Wharton and Councilman Jim Strickland...