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August 21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GAINESVILLE, Georgia -- The Georgia Heritage Council, Inc. has appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia a ruling in the Richmond County Superior Court that upheld the City of Augusta’s removal of the Second National Confederate Flag from a display in the Augusta River Walk on the Savannah River. [...]
Friday, April 20, 2007 From a reader: The following is what appears to be an answer to my respectful letter (below) to President Andrew Sorensen on USC regarding the Steve Spurrier remarks recently. 19 April 2007 “Thank you for your message about Coach Steve Spurrier’s widely publicized comments on removing the Confederate battle flag from [...]
Once again we are e-mailing everyone on the Alumni list to ask for each and every persons support in the Allen Central Flag issue. Even after the students voted to keep the flag and we have repeatedly proven the large support by the local people of the ACHS flag, there are still those hell-bent on [...]
Provided By: The Associated Press Last Modified: 3/9/2007 ATLANTA (AP) -- Black legislative leaders said Thursday they will propose that Georgia apologize for the state's role in slavery and segregation-era laws. "It is time for Georgia, as one of the major stake-holders in slavery, as one of the major players in lynchings, to say it's [...]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 To the Editor: The hypocrisy of the Southern Poverty Law Center is only more obnoxious than the fact they only go after hate crimes that are profitable. The SPLC cares nothing for minorities and victims of hate crimes, and they care only about profit. I contacted the SPLC the first time [...]
Hollywood students clash on whether Confederate-themed clothing should be banned By Douane D. James South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted January 26 2007 A petition drive to get Confederate-themed clothing banned from school grounds has exposed a rift at Hollywood Hills High. The episode may lead the Broward School Board to examine whether its student conduct code [...]
As anyone that has followed the torturous trail of heritage violations in this country in recent years knows, government schools have often been in the lead when it has come to trying to ban or do away with any symbol that might seen Southern or Confederate. This has been the rule of the day and [...]
Is there 1 white man who has any courage? Posted: December 16, 2006 And I sought for a man among them, that should … stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. – Ezekiel 22:30 Why are white Americans afraid to speak truth to [...]
Black man says Forrest should stay on MTSU hall By BYRON HENSLEY Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest had at least one black supporter in Murfreesboro Sunday. H.K. Edgerton, a black Southern heritage activist and former president of the Ashville, N.C., branch of the NAACP, was in town briefly to show support to MTSU students who [...]
Confederate symbol flap leads to a petition drive by two students By RICHARD STEWART Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle ALVIN - The Texas commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans urged Alvin school district trustees Tuesday to allow students to display Confederate flags. Ron Strybos, of Angleton, also asked that two mementos belonging to Grace Ward [...]
