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More on the Black Confederate Myth From Kevin Levin
http://cwmemory.com/2012/06/13/on-the-black-confederate-front-2/ And on Confederate slave pensions from Andy Hall at “Dead Confederates:”
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Slaves in the Confederacy – Civil War Memory
With thanks to Kevin Levin at “Civil War Memory for the following story.” Kevin Levin’s post today, at “Civil War Memory,” discusses honoring the slaves that survived the Confederacy: http://cwmemory.com/2012/06/08/honor-slaves-for-surviving-the-confederacy/
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Dedication Day Ceremony in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Kevin Levin, on his blog at “Civil War Memory,”has a post discussing the revival of a Dedication Day ceremony in Fredericksburg, VA: I am delighted to hear that residents of Fredericksburg, Virginia have resurrected a civic ceremony that was lost … Continue reading
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Memorial Day
There is an interesting blog, called “The Conscious Community” (TCC) that has a couple of posts today about the history of Memorial Day and its origins with the African-American community. Here is how they describe themselves: The Conscious Community (TCC) … Continue reading
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Manning Marable’s New Biography of Malcolm X
On this day, May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little is born in Omaha, NE. <a href="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=135144230&m=135153421&t=audio“>http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=135144230&m=135153421&t=audio
More on Robert Smalls from Donald Shaffer, part 3
http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/robert-smalls-and-the-escape-of-the-planter-part-3/ http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-p/planter.htm Andy Hall also has a post on Smalls, on his blog “Dead Confederates” today: http://deadconfederates.com/2012/05/18/to-be-divided-between-robert-smalls-and-his-associates/
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More Confederate Battle Flag Controversy, and Voter Suppression
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Donald Schaffer, on His Blog “Civil War Emncipation” Continues His Discussion on Robert Smalls, part 2
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Disunion Blog on Hancock During Peninsula Campaign, 1862
The “Disunion Blog” in the New York Times has an article today, by Glenn David Brasher, on the Peninsula Campaign, in particular on Hancock’s direction of his siege guns at Yorktown’s Confederate lines: “By early May 1862, Union general George … Continue reading