Did you know that during the Vietnam War, a division of American soldiers was fighting under a Confederate flag? President Johnson wanted the flags removed.*
This is yet another example of the South not conceding that it lost the Civil War, not the War of Northern Aggression, as it’s called in Dixieland. When you look at the Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1877, then you’ll see why the South believes it won the war.
*Editorial, “A journalist who spoke truth to power,” amNewYork, 3/28/18, p. A8.
About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters
William Eric Waters is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, essayist, educator, criminal-justice scholar, and nonprofit executive. Writing as William E. Waters, he is the author of the epic poem Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass and three poetry collections: Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats, The Black Feminine Mystique, and The Black Blood of Poetry. Under the pen name Easy Waters, he is the author of the novel Streets of Rage and the short-story collection Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice. His work explores Black history, race, law, punishment, institutional power, accountability, redemption, and resilience.
William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters 