#Confederates

Andy Tabeling

AndyTabeling

Gone With the Wind has done far more to erase historical memory than any marching band could ever possibly do gonna do a quick couple of tweets so I can

Civil War On This Day

CivilWarOTD

Sergeant James H. Harris died #OTD in 1898. Born in St. Mary’s County, Maryland around 1828, Harris was a farmer until the #CivilWar began. Once African-Americans were allowed to serve,

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Urgent: the $2,000 stimulus check bill & veto override effort on the defense bill The House of Representatives meets today in a rare session between Christmas and New Year’s.

clever crazy goose

_sophiecoyne_

i’m tired but just wanted to explain what’s been going on in the senate with the $2000 checks bc it’s really confusing and due to a lot of strange rules:

Michael G. Bazemore

deepwatermike

Here's an update on the #ConfederateMonuments situation in Raleigh after last nights #BlackLivesMatter protests. I'll be adding some stuff about related monuments at the end. All photos by me,

Gbénró Adégbolá ن

GbenroAdegbola

This somehow reminds me of the story of the 27 year old African American civil rights activist, James Meredith and his sojourn as a student of the University of Ibadan

John M 🏳️‍🌈

DisneyCityFC

[THREAD]So with the news out of Mississippi I figured I’d tell the story of the Great Georgia Flag Fiasco of 2001 So prior to 1956 Georgia used this as it’s

Jesse J. Holland

jessejholland

While I'm enjoying the newfound interest in celebrating #JUNETEENTH2020, let's not forget exactly what we're celebrating. Juneteenth isn't the day African Americans were freed from slavery. It's the day when

taber טבור

taber

It's time to re-up the archivist energy on the Confederate monuments in the civic squares of this country: are they "art" that must be protected?No. They're mostly shit. Not just

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

1. Thread. The "Lost Cause" view of the Civil War. The Lost Cause is a pervasive and persistent myth about the Civil War, one that is still promulgated by many

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

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) There is a dispute as to whether the White House actually has possession of the defense policy bill which President Trump has threatened to veto. 2) This is important.

Pete Davis 🌱

PeteDDavis

One of my favorite twists of American history is that John Brown’s raiders took George Washington’s great-grandnephew Lewis Washington hostage. The whole episode is cinematic: Colonel Lewis Washington was a

dcmillikan

dcmillikan

Good morning all! In response to some questions I've been getting about my thesis, I'm going to post notes from a short presentation I gave to the @ArtofWarScholar program at

Chuck McShane

chuckmcshane

The Confederate monument building campagins of the 1890s were about erasing the history of multiracial gains of Reconstruction. While renaming streets, Charlotte could focus on Reconstruction leaders disappeared from the

Dr Dion 'Sanders' Warwick

durkeetowner

I've seen a lot of coverage of the kooky-looking viking-cosplay guy, or the podium-stealing guy. But we are making the same mistake we made in C-ville by not educating ppl

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