Category: White Supremacy
Black Celebration Day of New Won Citizenship Turns to Bloody Night in Norfolk in April, 1866
This is the story of a night of horror that began as celebration of the recognition of the citizenship of Black people. The death toll…
Kate Masur’s New Book on America’s “First Civil Rights Movement” Reviewed Again in the NY Times!
America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur has been reviewed for a second time by the New York Times…
1878 Lynching in Kentucky Commemorated
Shelbyville, Kentucky unveiled three historical markers last week memorializing lynchings in the community. The markers were erected by local community groups and the equal justice…
How a Confederate Veteran Helped a Black Man Convicted of Killing a White Man
Allison Stewart interviews Ben Montgomery in an interesting segment on a Confederate veteran and a Black man teaming up against injustice in Kentucky. From the…
Celebrating the End of Reconstruction With a Mardi Gras Tribute to the Aryan Race
As white rule was being restored in state capitals across the South in 1877, the Krewe of Comus celebrated the alleged supremacy of the white…
Mardi Gras Parade 1873-Darwin’s Missing Link Was Black and Grant Was a Bug!
You might think that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution was unpopular in the South, but in 1873 it was the theme of the city’s largest Mardi…
Ku Klux Klan Float at the 1872 Memphis Mardi Gras
The 1872 Memphis Mardi Gras featured a Klan float. This was the first-ever Mardi Gras parade in the city, which had seen a bloody massacre…
NY Times Reviews Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule
The New York Times has a review out of the new book ROBERT E. LEE AND ME: A Southerner’s Reckoning With the Myth of the…
“Bullhorn Lady” of Capitol Assault and Gettysburg Occupation Also Had Zip Ties
Rachel Powell, the “Bullhorn Lady” arrested by the FBI for her role in the assault on the Capitol, was also part of the “militia” occupation…
Rachel Powell-Tied to Gettysburg Militia Occupation & Capitol Assault-Taken Into Custody
The FBI searched for Rachel Powell, who can be seen with a bullhorn giving directions to those assaulting the Capitol on January 6, for more…