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The U.S. is in trouble
We cannot even stand to live next to each other. By Roy Casagranda | The Rag Blog | July 26, 2015 I think the U.S. is in trouble. That is not necessarily a bad thing. It might give us an … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Political Polarization, Rag Bloggers, Roy Casagranda, U.S. Politics
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Two wars for the American West
The older war is known collectively as the Indian wars. The second is a continuation of the bloodiest conflict in the history of the nation, the Civil War. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | September 5, 2016 Two … Continue reading
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Steve Earle: ‘Mississippi, It’s Time!’
With this song, son-of-the-South Earle aims to help convince the Magnolia State to eradicate the Confederate symbol from its flag. By Michael Simmons | The Rag Blog | September 16, 2015 “It’s largely about empathy,” says Steve Earle of his … Continue reading
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Violence, racism, and fundamentally changing
the United States
My specific proposal is to include explicit curriculum in our schools to teach the truth of our past. Seventy-seven years ago, civil rights activist and poet Langston Hughes wrote his chilling poem “Kids Who Die” to illuminate the horrors of … Continue reading
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We are the New Union Army!
It’s time to wear our colors as we work to help finish the Civil War. By Dick J. Reavis | The Rag Blog | July 12, 2015 In a recent book about the Southern Civil Rights Movement, professor, SNCC veteran, … Continue reading
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Racial violence, history, and the debate over
the Confederate flag
The Confederate flag symbolizes a sanitized and historically inaccurate version of the Civil War. By Vikki Bynum | The Rag Blog | July 6, 2015 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s July 3, 2015, Rag Radio interview with Victoria Bynum about issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Confederate Flag, Dylann Roof, Racial Violence, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Slavery, Southern History, Victoria Bynum, Vikki Bynum
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Lamar W. Hankins : German Freethinkers and the Massacre at the Nueces
A number of German Freethinking Unionists were hung after the massacre at the Nueces River in the Texas Hill Country. Graphic from Thoughts, Essays, and Musings on the Civil War. Inset image below: Treu der Union monument at Comfort, Texas. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Battle of the Nueces, Civil War, German Freethinkers, Lamar W. Hankins, Texas History
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Bob Feldman : Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876
The Freedman’s Bureau in Texas. Image from Afrotexan.com.The hidden history of Texas Part VII: Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876/1 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2011 [This is the first section of Part 7 of Bob Feldman’s … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Bob Feldman, Civil War, Reconstruction, Sex Slavery, Texas History
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Bob Feldman : The Confederate State of Texas, 1846-1860
Between 12,000 and 15,000 Texas lost their lives in the Civil War. Painting from the Texas Civil War Museum.The hidden history of Texas Part VI: The Confederate State of Texas, 1860-1865 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / October … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : Post-Racial America? Yeah, Right.
Confederate massacre of black Union troops after the surrender at Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864 — under the command by Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Post-racial America?Some would honor ConfederateGen. Nathan Bedford Forrest By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Mississippi, Racism, Ted McLaughlin, the South
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Jonah Raskin : Historian Eric Foner: A Contemporary View of America’s Past
Historian Eric Foner. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.A Rag Blog interview:Lincoln biographer Eric Fonertells history from the bottom upBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The award-winning American historian, Eric Foner, has often written about the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Books, Civil War, Eric Foner, Historians, Interview, Jonah Raskin
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