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Tennessee Senate Speaker Issued Proclamation Honoring Confederacy & “Black Confederates”
With a lot of attention being paid to Tennessee’s state legislature this month, it is interesting to look at an official proclamation issued by the…
Fort Defiance in Tennessee Dedicates a Statue to USCT on Juneteenth
On Juneteenth a new statue honoring the United States Colored Troops (USCT) was unveiled at Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center in Clarksville,…
Best Andrew Johnson Quote Ever!
I was listening to the Washington Post’s podcast for President’s Day and it concluded with a wild quote from Andrew Johnson. Michelle Krowl from the…
Say Her Name: Julia Hayden, Black Teacher/White Death
Julia Hayden was a seventeen year old set to the exciting task of beginning her career as a teacher of young Black children in Tennessee….
“It is the aim…to make colored troops equal” Black Troops in Tennessee March 1864
In 1863 the Union Army began to actively recruit African American men for the United States Colored Troops (USCT). While enlisted men in these regiments…
African Americans Organize to Expel Klan from Their Town in Tennessee June 1868
African Americans frequently organized themselves to counter Klan terrorism. This article describes an attack by the Klan in Chapel Hill, Tn. on a black man…
What Klansmen Ate in 1868
The Memphis Avalanche was one of the most pro-KKK newspapers in the country. This article from the Avalanche is poking fun at African Americans and…
“A Lodge of That Famous Klan Will Soon Be Formed In Every Village” Tenn. March, 1868
As the Ku Klux Klan garnered national headlines for its terrorism in 1868, many white-owned Southern newspapers took the side of the Klan. They were…
Ku Klux Parade With a Supernatural Element Tennessee February 1868
The Memphis Daily Avalanche was a conservative newspaper that often appeared to support the Ku Klux Klan. Like other papers that gave aid to the…
Torturing a Black Man: The First New York Times Article on the Klan January 1868
On January 20, 1868 The New York Times published its first article on the KKK, which it referred to as the “Kuklux Klan”. Members of…
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