A. Selma, adjacent to the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. B. Charleston South Carolina, where principles of the KKK were written in a synagogue. C. Louisville Kentucky, where Nathan Bedford Forrest began his career D. Spokane Washington, home of the John Birch Society E. Smithsonian Museum Civil War[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Confederacy’
March 7th, 2015 - 12:17 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Where is this billboard honoring KKK founder?
March 7th, 2015 - 6:00 am § in Uncategorized
BREAKING NEWS: GOP backs down, will send token dignitary to Selma commemoration
Republicans, after snubbing the 50th anniversary commemoration of Selma’s history-making civil rights marches, have decided to send newly chosen House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as their token dignitary. Apparently no southern Republican stepped up to the task. It will be intere[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 1:38 am § in America
SOUTH CAROLINA: Racism is more than a heritage, it is in our (white) blood.
South Carolina‘s Governor, a Hindustani American, says that Corporations do not care that the cradle of the confederacy still flies the Confederate Flag. She underestimates the extent to which her state remains the cradle of the slave state: Perhaps the real reason no one care is that “[...]
March 1st, 2015 - 10:52 am § in Misc.
South Carolina preserves Southern tradition
This is a tale of two plaques, old and new. The old plaque commemorates Greenwood, South Carolina’s fallen of World War I — segregated under “White” and “Colored” headings. The new plaque, bought with $15,000 raised by the town’s two American Legion posts &#[...]
February 17th, 2015 - 7:31 pm § in Politics
Mississippi GOP legislator blames his racist remarks on news reporter
In a remarkable tour-de-force of non-courage, a Mississippi GOP legislator whose racist remarks got him in hot water with his own fellow Republicans after he was quoted by a newspaper is trying to pass the buck to the reporter who wrote the story. State Rep. Gene Alday, R-Walls, who came under fire [...]
February 12th, 2015 - 1:12 am § in Misc.
The Confederacy That Keeps On Giving
League Of The South Celebrates Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln As we reported earlier today, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has close personal and financial ties with Michael Peroutka, the neo-Confederate activist and theocrat . rightwingwatch.org[...]
February 9th, 2015 - 1:08 am § in Uncategorized
Precedents for the Horror: Burning Niggers
This will live for ever. However, there are precedents in the American South. [...]
January 29th, 2015 - 10:19 am § in Misc.
Was MLK A Confederate General?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan 28 (Reuters) – A bid to end Arkansas’ practice of honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the same day failed in a state legislative committee on Wednesday.[...]
January 11th, 2015 - 10:37 am § in America
Errrrr ahhhh .. who is “white?”
New KKK Board Causes Stir In Arkansas A car-stopping Ku Klux Klan billboard posted along a heavily traveled highway in Harrison, AR elicited tons of reactions. The ad features a little Caucasian girl accompanied by the bold and brazen… newsone.com[...]
January 6th, 2015 - 2:50 pm § in Misc.
The Senate’s 46 Democrats got 20 million more votes than its 54 Republicans
VOX 33 US senators elected in November will be sworn in today by Vice President Joe Biden — including 12 who are new to the chamber. The class includes 22 Republicans and 11 Democrats, a big reason why the GOP has a 54-46 majority in the Senate overall. But here’s a crazy fact: those 46 [&he[...]