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On this Day in American History — June 24, 2015, Confederate Flag Flies at Alabama Capitol until this day in 2015; Monuments Remain (From the Equal Justice Initiative 2020 Calendar)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

On June 24, 2015, Alabama officials removed a Confederate flag flying on the grounds of the state capitol in Montgomery. The move came in response to national scrutiny of Confederate symbols on public property, triggered by a tragic shooting at … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice Chronicles, Politics & Public Affairs | Tagged Alabama, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil War, Confederate flag, Confederate iconography, Confederate Monuments, Confederate symbols, cultural genocide, desegregation, Equal Justice Initiative, Georgia, heritage, heritage laws, Mississippi, Montgomery Alabama, North Carolina, reestablishment of white supremacy, Robert E. Lee, Slavery, South Carolina, Southern Lives Matter, Tennessee, the knightliest of the knightly race, Virginia, white supremacist, white supremacy | 1 Comment

On this day in history, May 11, 1868 –Convict Leasing Begins in Georgia

Posted on May 11, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

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 →

Posted in Criminal Justice & Punishment, Justice Chronicles | Tagged 13th Amendment, Black Codes, Civil War, Convict Leasing, Equal Justice Initiative, Georgia, Georgia & Alabama Railroad, Reconstruction, Slavery, Thomas Ruger | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Georgia

On this Day in American History — June 24, 2015, Confederate Flag Flies at Alabama Capitol until this day in 2015; Monuments Remain (From the Equal Justice Initiative 2020 Calendar)

On this day in history, May 11, 1868 –Convict Leasing Begins in Georgia

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