Alabama state workers would not have to choose between Juneteenth, Jefferson Davis’ birthday under amended bill
Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...
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If Elizabeth's dynastic 1921 marriage to James Blaine Walker -- grandnephew of her father's secretary of state and onetime Republican presidential nominee James G. Blaine -- was conventional, much of ...
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Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Virginia toppled by protesters
TASS, June 11. Protesters in Richmond (Virginia) have torn down the monument erected to the only President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), local WRIC TV said ...
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Alabama bill would let state workers choose: Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis' birthday
An Alabama bill could allow state employees to choose between commemorating Juneteenth or the birthday of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis, which is celebrated on the first Monday of June.
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Removing statues means 'our society is evolving,' say historians, activists
A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was torn down by protesters in Richmond, Virginia, on June 11, while another another one of general Robert E. Lee is set for removal by the city.
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The Importance of Constitutional Government
Most modern Americans cannot conceive of states seceding from the US, but in 1860, the majority of the people believed secession was both legal and moral and ...
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I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
Seven of the Confederate statues taken down over the past decade commemorated Jefferson Davis. A Mississippi congressman ... the statue proclaimed the president of the Confederacy a heroic ...
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DC’s new Jewish museum highlights Jews who shaped the nation’s capital, from a Confederate spy to RBG
“Eugenia, a spy, delivered Union military plans and maps to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.” Another description of Levy Phillips in the museum is more straightforward: “SPIED for the ...
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A new push to change Georgia law concerning Stone Mountain's Confederate monument
The 3,200-acre park sees more than 4 million visitors each year, but it's best known for the large carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall ...
Georgia's Stone Mountain Confederate monument faces renewed scrutiny
The 3,200-acre park sees more than 4 million visitors each year, but it's best known for the large carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" ...
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Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond, Virginia Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.
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A new push to change Georgia law concerning Stone Mountain’s Confederate monument
The 3,200-acre park sees more than 4 million visitors each year, but it’s best known for the large carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas ...