PBS8y
Map: From Coast to Coast
all African Americans finally emerged from their 250 years of bondage into their freedom as citizens of the United States of America. 1830s: Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act forcibly removes ...
PBS4y
The Civil War and emancipation
The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis, a Mississippi Senator, as their provisional president. In his inaugural address, delivered on March 4 ...
A Mississippi town moves a Confederate monument that became a shrouded eyesore
A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was ...
National Review9y
The Democrats Created and Own the Confederate Flag
It read: “The blue star above the word ‘ARKANSAS’ is to commemorate the Confederate States of America.” When Bill ran for president, some of his political paraphernalia featured ...
BroadwayWorld2d
Interview: Ben Edlin And Deborah Aquila on TH IR DS at Zephyr Theatre
Given the divisive political climate in our country right now, when I heard about the new play TH IR DS being presented at ...
A Confederate monument is moved in Mississippi, after four years of being covered by tarps
A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was ...
Business Insider India4y
Map shows which states have the most calls to boycott NASCAR after its ban on the Confederate flag and Bubba Wallace noose incident
Early in June, the premier stock car racing association instituted a total ban on Confederate flags at its events. The move came in the midst of ... relic of the United States' original sin.
CNN4y
Liverpool, site of last surrender in US Civil War, grapples with its Confederate links
At the foot of both sits the iron cross of the Confederate States of America. As the US grapples with the question of what to do with its controversial memorials to the Confederacy, across the ...
BBC4y
Confederate base names stir tensions over America's dark past
Gen Benning was a staunch advocate of Confederate secession, arguing that it was the only way to preserve slavery in the southern states ... of the Medal of Honour, America's highest military ...
USA Today25d
America's newest monuments unveil a different look at the nation's past
New monuments build a 'cultural renaissance' across America ... Some states pass laws to block removal of monuments There's still resistance. Opponents say that removing Confederate monuments ...
Houston Chronicle13d
Texas Civil War Museum to close after 17 years in White Settlement
It also housed a collection that came from the now-defunct Texas Confederate Museum in Austin. Partrich said that some artifacts not purchased before closing would be handed over to The Horse ...
The New York Times3d
Sons of Confederate Veterans
By Kwame Anthony Appiah The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, will be moved from Memphis to a Confederate museum 200 miles away. By Maria Cramer The ...