#Confederate

Leon Hendrix

LeonHendrix

Full room in Allendale where the discussion of statue featuring confederate solider is underway at regular township board meeting. Activists are calling for its removal. Some say it needs to

Sujatha Hampton

SujathaHampton

Hi guys! Tonight the SB discusses renaming of Mosby Woods. Because none of us were ever taught our history, I thought I would share a few history notes! Did you

Dayne Sherman

TweettheSouth

A guide to common errors when trolling a US Senator (particularly Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana). 1. Know the difference been you, your, and you're. It makes you look like

Lyra D. Monteiro, PhD

intersectionist

THREAD: "Heritage, Not Hate" is a fucking brilliant slogan. On the level of "Pro-Life" or "family values" brilliant.It frames the conversation around an opposition between the two terms, such that

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Have you heard that one about coming together and political unity after an insurrection?A thread: One time, after a contentious election, there was a group of angry white people. Because

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

#OTD July 27, 1864, began the three day operation known as the First Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia. The operation was conceived by U.S. Grant as a diversion to draw

Jason’s a badass in the bible (acts 17)

crazypastor

Cue the “rational" white male Tr-mp apologists who will explain away the platform with a noose on it outside the U.S. Capitol; the confederate and nazi flags; the stinking white

Jarod Roll

jhroll1

I've been thinking about the story behind the plans for the new Confederate memorial site on the UM campus that will combine the statue with a glorified, corrupted cemetery.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/4351/the-past-isnt-dead-um

GHGALKS

GHGalKS

Sorry, back on my BS:Biden is Time's Person of The Year. But you don't like Biden, so you'll be quick to say "well yeah, but Hitler and Stalin were person

Brian Lyman

lyman_brian

The second part of our Confederate Reckoning package made the front page of @USATODAY this morning. You can read the overview here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/07/southern-history-textbooks-long-history-deception/3

Michael Livingston

medievalguy

Let me tell you about five numbers that haunt me: 35, 40, 30, 20, and 15 — the ages of five slaves recorded in the Slave Schedule of the 1850

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Wanna see how disregarding facts and believing Trump and the GOP's BS can kill you?A thread:First of all, I can barely watch any cable news channel talk about the coronavirus

Kyra's Shea Medleys Hair & Skincare

KyraSheaMedleys

A THREAD ON THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas on June 19th, 1865

D. Dean Johnson

ddeanjohnson

Here is an update on the status of the congressional defense/intelligence legislation. Warning: this gets into the weeds a bit! Quick review: Last summer, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Daniel F. Baranowski

DFBHarvard

The American Civil War. Most Confederates didn't own slaves & weren't fighting for slavery. They fought for a fundamental 19th Century American principle, "States Rights"!When Lee surrendered to Grant, there

Naima Cochrane

naima

I have first hand experience of how things become so normalized as to become detached from their meaning. I know, acedemically, that “dixie” references the confederate south. But having spent

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