civil war
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Black Lawmakers and Leaders Blast John Kelly for ‘Dangerous’ Civil War Comments
A number of black leaders in Congress, the media and academia have roundly criticized White House chief of staff John Kelly for his inaccurate and dangerous comments about the Civil War. In an interview given to Fox News Monday night, Kelly got on the topic of Confederate monuments. He defended Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee…
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Wendell Pierce Calls John Kelly a ‘Racist Prick’ Over Civil War Comments
Wendell Pierce, the actor best known for playing Detective William “Bunk” Moreland on HBO’s The Wire, has never been known to mince words. Today was no exception. Pierce took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to deliver a harsh rebuke of White House chief of staff John Kelly’s ahistorical and bigoted comments about the Civil War.…
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John Kelly: ‘Lack of Compromise’ Led to Civil War
White House chief of staff John Kelly told a Fox host Monday night that a “lack of an ability to compromise” on slavery led America into the Civil War. Donald Trump’s chief of staff appeared Monday night on Laura Ingraham’s The Ingraham Angle and launched into a defense of the Confederacy’s honor. Kelly praised Gen.…
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‘You Are My Slave’: Ga. Mom Furious After White Student Targets Son During School’s Civil War Day
A Kennesaw, Ga., mother is demanding answers after a white student called her son a slave during the school’s Civil War Day last month. According to the Associated Press, Big Shanty Intermediate School—which is near Kennesaw Mountain, where Confederate soldiers once fired their cannons at Union troops—encouraged fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the…
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SC Politicians Try to Rinse Confederacy of White Supremacy by Honoring ‘Black Confederates’
Two South Carolina representatives hope to put the whole Confederate-monument controversy to rest—by memorializing the enslaved black people forced to fight for the Confederacy. Newsweek reports that Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns brought forward the idea because the contributions of black Confederates have been historically overlooked: “This history is the truth and is being…
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Ohio, a Union State, Will Reinstall Confederate Monument for Some Reason
When you try to be better about racism but decide you’re not really about that life: an American story. In today’s chapter, we go to Franklin Township in Ohio. Now, if you consult your history books, you’ll find that Ohio was a Union state during the Civil War. Which makes the fact that the township…
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Philadelphia Will Pay Tribute to Forgotten Black American Hero With New Monument
On Tuesday, the city of Philadelphia will resurrect the memory of one of its most influential citizens, Octavius Catto, a civil rights activist whose work was instrumental in getting black men the right to vote in 1870, and who helped desegregate the city’s transportation system. Catto’s story has been erased from history books—a story itself…
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Tracing Your Roots: Have I Found My Ancestor’s Plantation?
She found a photo of her great-grandmother in the records of a historic plantation house in Georgia, but little information about her life under slavery. Dear Professor Gates: I have located my great-grandmother Cora Lundy in the 1880 census. I would like to learn about her life before 1880 but have so few clues. She…
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White Men are Winning at Literally Everything, So Why are they Still so Angry?
Who hurt you, boo? You should smile more. It may feel like the whole world is against you, but do all of you have to be so bitter? Look at all of your athletes and celebrities with astronomical success. You have special programs to get you into colleges and businesses based almost entirely on your…
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Ga. Teacher Gives Students a ‘Bad and Boujee’ Civil War Lesson
Getting students to pay attention in class isn’t always an easy task. So nowadays, you’ll find teachers trying to reach kids by incorporating things they can relate to, like Migos. David Yancey, a history teacher at a Georgia middle school, used Migos’ popular “Bad and Boujee” song to help his students learn about the Civil…