Category: White Supremacy
Tillman On the Need to Stop Blacks From Voting
Senator Ben Tillman was a Confederate veteran who became the governor and senator of South Carolina. Four decades after the Civil War he provided an…
A Black Man Tells Congress What African Americans Faced in the South During Reconstruction: Henry Adams
During Reconstruction, African Americans formed committees to record the violation of human rights by various white supremacist organizations like the Knights of the White Camelia…
Senator Ben Tillman Explains Why the Vote Was Taken Away from African Americans in South Carolina
Benjamin Tillman, better know as “Pitchfork Ben,” was a former Confederate who had risen to prominence as one of the most ruthless partisans of white…
Reconstruction Law Overturns Virginia’s Prohibition on Felons Voting
A court in Virginia ruled that current Virginia law banning felons from voting after they are released from jail violates Reconstruction laws. According to the…
The Democratic Party and the Racial Consciousness of Irish Immigrants Before the Civil War
Originally posted February 3, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Anthropologists like to remind us that race is not a…
Most Popular Book at NY City’s Public Libraries? “James” The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Joins the USCT
Every year New York City’s three library systems tally up what books were borrowed the most times in the past year. This year was James…
Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History
On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…
Misunderstandings About the “Black Codes”
A misconception I run into when I discuss Reconstruction is that the Black Codes were passed because of the corruption and mismanagement of the governments…
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III published by LSU Press…
The Map of the Battle of Liberty Place
Map source: Rare Maps The “Battle of Liberty Place” was an armed coup by the White League of Louisiana to reimpose “White Only” governance in…