Confederacy

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June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confederate officers thought nothing of leaving important documents where Scobell could see them, or discussing troop movements…
June 15, 2011
Confederate law prohibited slaves from serving as soldiers until March 1865, when it was changed in a last-gasp effort to…
February 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - They started at a fountain where slaves were once sold, past the church that Martin Luther…
February 16, 2011
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Asked about the NAACP's stance Tuesday, Barbour replied: "I don't go around denouncing people. That's not…
December 20, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Monday's ball is like having a dance to celebrate the attack on Pearl Harbor, said Lonnie…
December 8, 2010
OPINION - He, like so many other black men, will serve time for an offense that would typically result in…
December 3, 2010
OPINION - What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of…
October 26, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The new version of "Our Virginia: Past and Present" will correct a sentence that inaccurately claims…
October 21, 2010


The Myth of the Black Confederate has found a home primarily in Lost Cause circles, particularly Southern heritage groups like…
October 14, 2010
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Students at the University of Mississippi have picked the Rebel Black Bear as their new mascot...
August 27, 2010
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The role of black Civil War troops in gaining the freedom of black Americans was…
April 22, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -The Virginia-based Kappa Alpha Order issued new rules to chapters earlier this year saying members aren't allowed…
April 14, 2010
OPINION - There are two ways that the black community and their progressive allies can use this controversy to move…
April 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation…
April 8, 2010
OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus…
April 8, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Under pressure from critics, Gov. Bob McDonnell called it a "major omission" not noting slavery in…
April 7, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Black members of Virginia's General Assembly, all Democrats, called the proclamation offensive and disturbing...
April 6, 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his…