#Confederates

chris evans

notcapnamerica

Fun fact: White women were instrumental in fundraising to erect confederate monuments.The United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in the 1890s, was arguably the most important and influential group according

Johnny Price

johnnyrichard53

@lsureveille Another piping hot take from a poorly written and informed opinion article. Let’s break it down.https://www.lsureveille.com/opinion/opinion-out-with-the-old-skule-in-with-the-new/article_b6e43c9e-34f4-11eb-938d-f3938e5d8e75.h

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MssLiberty

When you've no idea who owned the slave ships, the trading posts, the plantations (sugar, cotton, nicotine, rice, indigo...), rum distilleries (rum made from sugar plantations) & glass beads Africans

Revvy 🐾

RevvyWolfprints

If you haven't read the #1776Commission report, please do. If you (like me) grew up with conservative Christian education, a lot of this will be very familiar to you, just

Anthony Crider

acrider

@AlamanceNews is reporting that Alamance Sheriff Terry Johnson is now charging Reverend Drumwright with felony assault on an officer during the Halloween march to the polls. This is much more

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

Normally wouldn't even screencap Newsmax, but this tweet so aptly encapsulates the Brokebrain Mountain underlying conservative thinking, which hinges on the idea that only some people matter, and the only

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anrhipps

Here's why Turner Ashby wasn't the confederate hero you thought: First, Ashby lead an attack on Union troops at the Battle of Bolivar Heights in WV. Despite having the upper

Chris Marquette

ChrisMarquette_

It is unclear how the Capitol Police force — with 1,879 sworn officers and a budget of $515.5 million — was unable to protect Congress. And lawmakers want that to

Emily Clark

clark_ems

Not sure if people want a historical comparison thread, but here’s one on insurrection and a violent attempt at a coup in 1874 New Orleans, often called the Battle of

taber טבור

taber

hi, one-time Civil War semi-scholar, hard confirmhttps://twitter.com/PopeNicholasVI/status/1278384324967006209 one chapter of my life has been on my mind, where I went from dismissing Confederate memorials and flag displays as just weird

A Worried Citizen

ThePubliusUSA

Raise your hand if you agree that @realDonaldTrump is a traitor Happy Independence Day!"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [humans] are created equal, that they are

Eric Allix Rogers

EricAllixRogers

There's a massive Confederate monument on the South Side of Chicago. I've been thinking about it a lot the last few days as monuments to hate have been righteously and

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

This afternoon American Democracy is in grave danger. This is so because the President of the United States is attacking the right to vote. The right to vote is elemental

Green Party of RI

RIGreens

R.I. GREENS WON’T RUN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - Citing the danger of Trump’s re-election, the Green Party of Rhode Island says it won’t put a Green candidate on the state's presidential

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph

PenielJoseph

Viewed holistically Reconstruction, 1865-1896, experienced striking juxtapositions that relate to our era. Black elected officials numbers over 1500 including congress, lieutenant governors, local officials. These legislators created resour

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Thread: Have you ever heard the story about the gang of white outlaws who tried to rob a black-owned bank? It's a story about slaves who actually received reparations, one

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