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Progressive Champion Fundraises For Controversial Dem

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Virginia, Confederacy, Politics News, Video, Peyton Williams, Election 2012 Blog, Elections 2012, Tom Perriello, Confederate Flag, Virginia Elections, Election 2012, Civil-War-Reenactors, John Douglass, Barack Obama, Perriello, Politics News

Progressive champion Tom Perriello is fundraising on behalf of John Douglass, the presumptive Democratic nominee in Virginia's 5th Congressional Distr...

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Lawmaker Calls For End Of 'Archaic' Tradition

Mount Pleasant Patch | Adam Crisp | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Confederacy, South Carolina Legislature, South Carolina Confederate Flag, Confederate Memorial Day, Boyd Brown, State and Local Government, South Carolina Politics, Politics News

Today, public schools remain in session, municipal employees are at work, no stores are closed, but the S.C. General Assembly and thousands of state e...

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Congressional Candidate's Civil War Reenactments Spark Racial Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Virginia, Confederacy, Confederate Statues, Civil War, Glenn Mcconnell, Confederate Flag, Charlottesville, Civil-War-Reenactors, Slidepollajax, John Douglass, Nikki Haley, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- John Douglass has been a top officer in the U.S. Navy, a longtime defense lobbyist and is now a veteran Civil War reenactor. Most of tha...

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South Carolina's Confederate Lieutenant Governor

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Confederacy, Glen Mcconnell, Ken Ard Ethics Complaints, Confederate Flag, Ken Ard, Video, Ken Ard Ethics Charges, South Carolina Confederate Flag, South Carolina, Politics News

When South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard resigned on Friday, the same day a grand jury indicted him for seven ethics violations, longtime state Sen. Glen ...

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University Sorry After Band Plays Racist Song

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State University is apologizing after its band performed "Dixie" at a site where three black men were lynched in 1906. I...

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Professor: Approved Va. History Textbook Still Has Errors

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Virginia, Joy Masoff, Education, Virginia Department of Education, "Our Virginia", Textbook, Schools, Video, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Although "Our Virginia: Past and Present," the controversial history textbook that claimed that "[t]housands of Southern blacks fought i...

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Gone with the Wind: Gone in the Head

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Germany, Victoria Cross, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, William Faulkner, Confederate Flag, American Civil War, US History, German History, Atlantic Monthly, Yankees, National Socialism, Books News

Civil War re-enactors take heed. I have perfected the Rebel yell: Oweeeeeeyaaahhooooo!!! That's me after reading Yoni Applebaum's piece, "Confedera...

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Kid Rock: 'I Love Black People!'

Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Naacp Detroit, Naacp Kid Rock, Politics, Kid Rock, Entertainment, Detroit, Confederate Flag, Kid Rock Confederate Flag, Naacp, Entertainment News

Kid Rock made nice on Sunday night with some kind words and, perhaps more importantly, major big buck donations. The rock star accepted the NAACP D...

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Your Weekend To Do List: Doo Dah Parade & The LA Times Book Fest

| Katherine Spiers | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Los Angeles Weekend to Do List, LA Times Festival of Books, Pasadena Doo Dah Parade, Your Weekend to Do List, Cinefamily, Five Guys Burger and Fries, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles is catering to every hobby this weekend, from reading to shopping to letting one's freak flag fly. Here's what do do April 29th to May 1st...

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Slavery and the Civil War: Not What You Think

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Tenth Amendment, Supremacy Clause, Fort Sumter, Constitution, 1861, State Sovereignty, Union, Slavery, Confederacy, Civil War, Politics News

With a volley of artillery fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, the South started a war that nearly destroyed the United State...

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The 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War: Our Legacy Considered

Stephen Menendian | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Anniversary, Reconstruction Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, Abolition, Politics News

The lessons of the abolitionist movement -- which ultimately galvanized a nation to the immorality of slavery, and profoundly influenced the terms of the debate over the war and its purpose -- are still applicable.

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Well After Civil War, Color Line Still Divides

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Confederacy, Civil War, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Wall Street, W.E.B. Dubois, Segregation, Slavery, States Rights, Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Republicans, Politics News

When Dr. King spoke in Washington in 1963, he spoke of the need for America to honor its promise of equality. We issue this same demand to our Congress and the administration today.

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PHOTOS: The Faces Of The Civil War

Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Photography, Confederacy, Library of Congress, History, Politics, Civil War Photography, Civil War, American History, War, Civil War Anniversary, War Photography, Slidepollajax, Union, Photojournalism, Arts News

Why do the men in Civil War portraits look so calm? The soldiers, who fought some of the bloodiest battles in American history, couldn't have been at ...

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Kid Rock's NAACP Award Boycotted Over His Confederate Flag

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naacp Detroit, Confederacy, Politics, Naacp Kid Rock, Entertainment, Kid Rock, Confederate Flag, Detroit, Kid Rock Confederate Flag, Naacp, Entertainment News

Some people don't think Kid Rock is meeting their great expectations. The rocker is set to accept the NAACP's Detroit chapter's Great Expectations ...

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Civil War's 150th Anniversary Divides The South

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southern States, Confederacy, Civil-War-Anniversary, Civil War, Politics News

As much of the South continues to distance itself from its racially divisive past, the organizations fighting to maintain the prominence of Confederat...

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Julia Roberts Isn't a Roberts

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Dna, Paul Rudd, Civil War, Julia Roberts, Ireland, Georgia, Genetics, Genealogy, Celebrity, Irish, Family History, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Earlier this week, at the US-Ireland Alliance's "Oscar Wilde: Honoring the Irish in Film" event, Julia Roberts presented Paul Rudd with an "Honorary I...

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Haley Barbour Refuses to Denounce Pro-Confederacy/KKK Initiative

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Racism, Mississippi, 2012 Election, Republican Party, Haley Barbour, Ku Klux Klan, Politics News

Haley Barbour's refusal to denounce the effort to honor not just a major Confederate figure but a leader of the KKK should really send his star back into orbit for red meat Republicans.

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Once Again, Racism Rears up in the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Jim Crow, Racism, Scv, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Politics News

The Sons of Confederate Veterans has been roiled by an internal civil war between racial extremists and those who want to keep the Southern heritage group a kind of history and genealogy club. It's beginning to look like the racists won.

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South Sudan Reminds Us What It Takes to Become a New Nation

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, India, Montenegro, Slovakia, Civil War, Palau, United Nations, Serbia, Democracy, China, Independence, Country, Cairo, Sudan, Nauru, Czechoslovakia, North Sudan, Tuvalu, South Sudan, Czech Republic, World News

Recently created countries remind us that there are no special requirements in terms of physical size, population or economic strength in order to become an independent country.

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White Washing and Dressing Up History: Grooming Southern Belles For The Tea-Party Movement

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Southern Belle, Sarah Palin, Documentary, Racism, Confederacy, Nashville, History, Rachel Maddow, Film, Tea Party, Civil Rights, Dogs, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News

The film is simply a mirror that -- depending on the perspective of the viewer -- reflects either a distorted view of history which glosses over the oppression and brutalization of African people.

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The Discord and Discourse in Historical Plays

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Freud's Last Session Play, Slaves, Civil War, Andre Braugher, Play, Slavery, Theater, Seder, Sigmund Freud, c.s. Lewis, Passover, New York News

Freud's Last Session and The Whipping Man depict conversations and situations that compel the audience to envision and reconsider historical events in another, more engaging light.

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Va. Approved Textbook With Black Confederates Error

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Confederacy, Joy Masoff, "Our Virginia", Civil War Textbook, Education Department, Black Confederates Error, Education News

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Education Department approved a textbook that wrongly claims thousands of black troops fought for the Confederacy. The...

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GQ's List Of Top Ten Men's Stores Features Two LA Boutiques

Posted 05.25.2011

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Via Los Angeles Times: GQ Magazine has published its list of the Ten Best Independent Men's Stores in America, and two Los Angeles boutiques have mad...

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South Carolina Republicans Hold Strange 'Antebellum' Event

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Confederate Flag, Racism, South Carolina, Politics News

Accuse me of political correctness all you want, but I highly question the good taste behind deciding to hold this event.

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Nashville: Not Just Flooded with Water; But Civil Rights Memories

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Freedom Rides, John Lewis, John Kennedy, Nashville Flood, Confederacy, c.t. Vivian, Recovery, Civil Rights, James Lawson, Healing, Tea Party, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, Stanley Nelson, Bull Connor, Healthy Living News

This week as Nashville struggles to deal with ferocious floods -- that so far have taken 10 lives -- I am am reminded of the markers of time which are currently submerged in water.

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