Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
Supporters say that the monuments, names, holidays and flag honored Southern ... the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia ...
Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...
The Battle of Gettysburg, too, was explicitly a family affair. Many families sent soldiers who fought on opposite sides, ...
The flag is prominently featured in the cover art for Lil Jon ... also sold merchandise with the Civil War-era image in 2013, stating that he “took the Confederate flag and made it my flag.” ...
America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.
Robinson likens this moment in our history to that which preceded the Civil War. “As far as I’m ... they would have seen the Confederate flag emblazoned within stained glass windows of the ...
Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...