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The American Tradition of Secession « ACGR’s “News with Attitude”
Thomas J. DiLorenzo 11/21/2012 Source ….. “Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession.” ~ Ron Paul Leftists and neocons in the media who tend to agree on the pro… more →
Charleston Voice
Surrender Can Be Sweet
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wrote 4 days ago: Before - Tongue and Groove … more →
The Fight for Equality in Shared Spaces
wrote 1 week ago: To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville By Robert Cassanello Availab … more →
History keeps happening: Southern textile factory gets new uses
wrote 1 week ago: By Christopher B. Daly The Loray Mill in its heyday, when it made fabric for the Firestone tire comp … more →
In Pursuit of Dead Georgian, 10: Georgia and the Federal Constitution, Part I
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wrote 2 weeks ago: [Note: Part I of a talk delivered during the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Federal Constitu … more →
Southern Poverty Law Center Teaching Tolerance (TT) in Schools
wrote 2 weeks ago: Makes educational materials available to teachers at no cost Headed by William Ayers, the former Wea … more →
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PAPER CURRENCY - This History is Repeating Now, 1866
wrote 3 weeks ago: Debow’s Review, January 1866 ART. XIII.-HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PAPER CURRENCY. Hon. C. Gayarre, … more →
Carrying On The Traditions
wrote 3 weeks ago: But it seems unlikely that either the South as an American region, or the South as Dixieland, or the … more →
The Home Place
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wrote 3 weeks ago: “More than any other part of America, the South stands apart. Thousands of Northerners and fo … more →
The South, still ruled by 'the handful'
wrote 4 weeks ago: Fannie Lou Hamer By Joe Atkins, Labor South Fannie Lou Hamer, a folk philosopher of the civil rights … more →
So. Carolina Republicans Taking First Baby Steps to Get the FedGov Out of Education
wrote 1 month ago: Let's not get all excited just yet, remember they're political Republicans first before an … more →
Red Shirts vs Union occupation in Aiken, SC
wrote 1 month ago: Wade Hampton is honoured with a large statue at the SC capital and is known as ‘The Saviour of South … more →
Auction Announcement: William Spratling and William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles: A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans
wrote 1 month ago: William Spratling and William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles: A Gallery of Con … more →
Race--and History--Matter
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wrote 1 month ago: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” (William Faulkner) Perhaps it’s because I live in the S … more →
Gary Monroe Considers the Fate of Silver Springs
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wrote 1 month ago: ©2008 Bruce Mozert Florida’s vanishing springs, an ongoing concern for the state, have been a … more →
The President Often Lost in Lincoln's Shadow
wrote 1 month ago: James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War Edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner Pubdat … more →
Meeting the Man Who Played Dave
wrote 1 month ago: I recently met Teddy Palmer at a party in Aiken, South Carolina. During the course of our chat, we d … more →
You've Never Heard of the Fenian Brotherhood?! You Gotta be Kidding!
wrote 2 months ago: From Rebels to Revolutionaries: a brief history of the founding of the Fenians and the Irish Republ … more →
my days as a southern belle
wrote 2 months ago: Today E and I hit up the ATL history center for a class assignment to go somewhere Southern history … more →
Joyce Corrington Publishes the Work of Late Husband John William Corrington
wrote 2 months ago: Joyce Corrington, pictured above, has made her late husband John William “Bill” Corringt … more →
