Omer Rose Weaver of Little Rock, Arkansas, and friends, ca 1860. Weaver was killed in action at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, while serving in the Confederate Army’s Pulaski Light Battery. Arkansas State Archives, PHC 2677.
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These photographs are disturbing and historically accurate. The impact of them play out in America’s streets every day.
This entry of American History was not taught in the NYC Public Schools that many of us attended in the 1950’s
Attention: All Europeans- Just imagine if generations of your family lived through this:
From left: Buddy Trammell, Max Stiles, and Tommy Sanders, students at Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, picket their school when it becomes the first state-supported school to integrate, on Aug. 27, 1956. Parental Responsibility?
Police examine the wreckage of the newly desegregated Hattie Cotton grammar school, which was dynamited in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 10, 1957. The entire east wall and four classrooms were demolished. The attack occurred after a single six-year-old African child was admitted to this school’s first grade.
Demonstrators outside of West End High School in Birmingham, Alabama, sing songs and cheer during an anti-desegregation protest on Sept. 10, 1963.
Who said confederate flags are symbols to be proud of? Trump, Reuters, July 19, 2020
Many Americans view Confederate flag as symbol of pride, not racism, poll finds The Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 16th 2020
Too many European Americans DO NOT know our Americans History:
Roy Lee Howlett, 14, stands beside a car painted with signs protesting the desegregation of Mansfield High School in Dallas on Aug. 31, 1956.
Women and teenagers at William Franz Elementary School yell at police officers during a protest against the desegregation of the school, as three African youngsters attended classes at the school for the second day on Nov. 15, 1960. The sign on the far right reads: "All I Want for Christmas Is a Clean European School."
Photos and descriptions from Ferris State University, Southern Poverty Law Center, Buzz Feed, and miscellaneous others.
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So, from this old European man to all of you European folks out there: How would all of this hatred have affected you and your family over the generations. WE cannot fix what we do not understand.
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#OTD in 1861 – The 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment enters Confederate service in the American Civil War.
Company D was known as the ‘Rebel Sons of Erin’ because so many of them were Irish. Indeed, the roster of Company D reads like any small town in a 19th century Irish village (every surname was Irish).
While the Fighting 69th on the Union side is the most famous “Irish Brigade,” it is estimated that at least 30,000 Irish fought on the Confederate side. Much of the enlistment was due to the…
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Be a rebel, conquer the world, and wear boots!
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[Unidentified sailor in Confederate midshipman uniform] (LOC) von The Library of Congress, c.1860-1870
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On April 15, 1984, Richard Bradley, outfitted in a Union Army uniform, scaled the 50-foot flag pole at the Civic Center in San Francisco and removed the Confederate battle flag.
The remnants of that flag were then burned by a union member. As the small fire raged, a crowd of black activists, socialists and unionists broke into a chorus of the anti-slavery anthem “John Brown’s Body.”
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