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Tag Archives: Civil War
The “Cancel-culture” Conundrum
If I hear one more white person say “Cancel-culture…” “Cancel-culture” is the latest buzz term being used by Trumpeteers, including Ivanka Trump, and as with almost everything that comes out of the Oval Office in these times, it’s a false … Continue reading
Posted in Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, ezwwaters, Lest We Forget, Politics, race, Slavery
Tagged African Diaspora, Alexanderia Ocasio-Cortez, cancel-culture, Civil War, Confederacy, Goya, Ivanka Trump, little white lie, Ted Yoho, Trump University, white privilege, white supremacy
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A Comparison of New York State Laws and Regulations and Slave Codes
In the mid-1980s, while doing research on an essay, which I would entitle, “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary,” I came across something startling. I had already seen the connection between slavery and imprisonment, from the very beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Lest We Forget, race, Slavery
Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Alabama Slave Code of 1852, Andrew Hacker, Bill Clinton, Black Codes, chain gangs, Civil War, Confederate memorials, Confederate Monuments, Confederate statues, Convict Leasing, Hayes-Tilden Compromise, law and order, Louisiana Slave Code of 1824, NY Correction Law Sec. 170, penal slavery, peonage, private prisons, race card, Reconstruction, Slave Codes, South Carolina Slave Code of 1740, Two Nations: Black and Shite Separate Hostile Unequal
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Dear Daddy: A Love Letter to Your Beloved South
July 15, 2020 Dear Daddy, Last night I dreamt of you for the first time since your death. I woke up with tears in my eyes. Although you have been dead for a little more than 38 years, in the … Continue reading
Posted in being a teenager, Education, Family, Fatherhood, Fathers, Growing Up, Lest We Forget
Tagged Benin & Togo, Cameroon, Civil War, Confederate memorials, Confederate monumnets, Confederate statues, Congo, discrimination, Ellis Island, Emmett Till, Four White Men Kidnap and Rape Black Girl in Tylertown MS, Ghana, NC, Nigeria, racial reckoning, Segregation, slave ships, Southern Bantu peoples, the South, Township of Bath, Virginia, white supremacy, WW I, WW II, Yeatesville
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The South Won the War of Northern Aggression?
Imagine a visitor from another planet, say Mars, is touring the Southern states and is in modern day Virginia. The Martian makes its way to Jamestown, which he finds both interesting, and puzzling. It has familiarized itself with 200 years … Continue reading
On this day in American history, August 18, 1995 — NAACP Protests Uncovering of “Faithful Slave” Monument
On August 18, 1995, the NAACP sent a letter of protest to the Department of the Interior to protest the uncovering of a decades-old monument in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. In October 1859, white abolitionist John Brown led a raid … Continue reading
On this day in history, May 22, 1872 –Congress Restores Confederates’ Rights with the Amnesty Act of 1872
Even while the Civil War was in progress, the Union offered amnesty to Confederates in an attempt to encourage loyalty to the Union and begin the process of reconstruction. The Confiscation Act of 1862 authorized the President of the United … Continue reading
On this day in history, May 11, 1868 –Convict Leasing Begins in Georgia
After the Civil War, Georgia and other Southern states faced economic uncertainty. Dependent on enslaved black labor that was no longer available after emancipation and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, Southern economies struggled to find a new solution. For many, … Continue reading
On this day in history — May 1, 1863 — Confederate Congress Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Troops
On December 24, 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis issued orders to the Confederate Army “that all negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective States to which they belong, to be … Continue reading
This day in history — April 27, 2015 — States Continue to Celebrate Confederate Memorial Day
In 2015, several Southern states continued to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day in memory of the surrender of Confederate General Joseph Johnston and his army on April 26, 1865. In Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, the last Monday of the month is … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Chronicles, Lest We Forget, race, Slavery, Uncategorized
Tagged Caroline E. Janney, Civil War, Confederate General Joseph Johnston, Confederate General Robert E Lee, Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Constitution of the Confederate States, Erle Banks, KKK, racism, Slavery, United Dixie White Knights
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