From a physical standpoint, Alexander Stephens made a rather ironic spokesman for the superiority of the white race. Standing 5 feet 7 inches in height, Stephens wasn’t terribly short or tall by 19th century American standards, but he possessed a… Read More ›
George Wallace
The Last of The Gang to Die: How Democrats Lost the Deep South
On the evening of July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson lay down beneath the grand canopy of his four post bed in The White House’s 2nd floor living room, exhausted; his mind surely swirling with that mixture of clear conscience… Read More ›
Alabama Brings Back “Separate But Equal” for HIV+ Prisoners
“People speak sometimes about the ‘bestial’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts. No animal could ever be so cruel as a man—so artfully, so artistically cruel.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky There are few people in… Read More ›
It Can Never Happen Again…The Golden Dawn
On Wednesday, a state delegate from Baltimore’s 7th district, Patrick L. McDonough, thought it necessary to put out a news release asking Maryland State Police to intervene in the Inner Harbor to contain “roving mobs of black youths.” Now, lest… Read More ›