#Confederate

John Ismay

johnismay

The videos I shot last night got more attention that I expected. I’ll post more from earlier in the day now, and in chronological order 1:27pm: crowd is leaving the

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Statues are back in the news; I suppose I ought say something about statues, because I'm a historian and people keep saying that statues are about 'remembering history.'Folks, statues are

Emily

seelix

I don't think that anyone calling for confederate statues to be displayed in museums really understands the interpretive burden of having a racist objects on the museum floor. 1/x What

BlackRedGuard

BlackRedGuard1

a lot of white Maoists and Trots and others think that Fred Hampton's line was basically "be nice to white people" and my response (and his too) is "lol" --

James M. Thomas (JT) 🌹

Insurgent_Prof

THREAD on Oxford's Confederate Monument (with thanks to @CristenHemmins):Yesterday, community members gathered at the Lafayette County Chancery building, where county supervisors held a special meeting to consider the fate of

Tom Malinowski

Malinowski

If one group can take down a statue of Jackson, others can topple one of Dr. King.The right way to do this is to petition your local gov't, and demonstrate

Movies Silently

MoviesSilently

So, I've made a decision not to include pro-Confederacy films in any fun or light list (like my silent movie map of the United States).I thought I should clarify my

zach????????

zachary_bl

Instead of having statues and bases named in honor of Confederates, let’s have statues and bases named in honor of heroes like Robert Smalls. I’m sure many people know about

Jacob A. Cohen

MusicoloJake

A lot of people rightly saying there can be no national unity without justice and accountability, and that the premature push for unity after the Civil War enabled this. Music

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doomeralt

I genuinely, in this instance, feel bad for Ricky and ChantelleRegardless of your opinion of Ricky these were incredibly serious (and false) accusations that could have long lasting effects and

Rex Chapman🏇🏼

RexChapman

Mitch McConnell wants to slow walk impeachment because even after a terrorist attack on the Capitol, he puts his party over his country. He’s incapable of pretending to be a

Brian Lyman

lyman_brian

A thread of some of the unknown or unexpected stories of Black history in Alabama published in the @MGMAdvertiser this year.Enslaved at 18. A congressman at 28. And a prisoner

Tina Vasquez

TheTinaVasquez

If you’re reading about Alamance County for the first time, here is some additional context. When there was a peaceful protest planned for the detention center, the sheriffs department showed

Shane Vander Hart

shanevanderhart

Ulysses S. Grant who won the Civil War without which Confederate states would have continued slavery for who knows how long. Yes, he owned one slave for not quite a

Si Lloyd

SmnLlyd5

Tim Sherwood, April 1912:“Yeah, nah, y’know, I’m not worried about this thing sinking. I mean, it could come back to bite me, but this is one of the finest ocean

Liam Duffy

LiamSD12

Months of rioting in several US cities. People murdered in downtown “autonomous zones”, police officers assaulted, public history destroyed (no, not confederate statues) & countless businesses ruined. Is the extremism

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