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Harold Kenneth Edgerton (born February 18, 1948) is an American neoconfederate activist, known for his advocacy of Southern heritage and the Confederate flag.An African-American member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, [1] Edgerton formerly served as president of the Asheville, North Carolina, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and is ...
The splinter Bowling Green government of Kentucky was admitted to the Confederate States. The Confederate States never held much power over the state, but it was given full representation in the legislature. [14] December 21, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Osage, and the Seneca and Shawnee. [15] [16] December 23, 1861
Many bills still exist, although in recent years counterfeit copies have proliferated. The 1862 $10 CSA note depicts a vignette of Hope flanked by R. M. T. Hunter and C. G. Memminger. The Confederate government initially wanted to finance its war mostly through tariffs on imports, export taxes, and voluntary donations of gold.
It is past time to stop treating pre-k through 12th-grade teachers like servants. Many have advanced degrees and all are dedicated to the children they serve. They prove that every day.
Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...
The Confederacy scuttled the Virginia to prevent its capture, while the Union built many copies of the Monitor. The Confederacy's efforts to obtain warships from Great Britain failed, as Britain had no interest in selling warships to a nation at war with a stronger enemy and feared souring relations with the U.S. [108]
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
This week's fatal shooting at a historic black church in Charleston has sparked a controversy over a long-held tradition in South Carolina of flying the flag of the Confederacy near the state capitol.