Back to the main articles page Jeannie Babb Taylor / Diamone Mays On March 6th, 2008, the Walker County Messenger would carry an article written by a one Babb Taylor titled: Confederate flag represents heritage and hate. Nothing that I have ever read or heard against my homeland, our flag, or myself affected me so badly. It is so very hard to describe my gut reaction to the distortions and lies printed. [...]
A sorry attempt at apology By Susan Greene Denver Post Columnist Article Last Updated: 02/26/2008 This is from the UNA newsletter The Indians and the Southern People have a lot in common when it comes to mistreatment from the Federal government .... Shannon Francis never sought an apology from a country that yanked her mom and grandma off their reservations, forced them into white foster families and barred them from speaking their [...]
Black Mississippi Legislator Defends Confederate Monument Confederate Heritage Month Minute By: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. In Mississippi on February 1, 1890, an appropriation for a monument to the Confederate dead was being considered. A delegate had just spoken against the bill, when John F. Harris, a Black Republican delegate from Washington, county, rose to speak: "Mr. Speaker! I have risen in my place to offer a few words on the bill. I [...]