Southern heritage

The topic of black Confederate soldiers is rarely talked about, nowadays, because it's not ‘politically correct’, but the truth of the matter is that quite a number of black Southerners served in the Confederate Army, and way before Mr. Lincoln ever let the first black man fight for his beloved Union. The contributions that Black Southerners made to support the South in its struggle for independence should not be denigrated. Why would a black man fight to protect slavery, you ask. It wasn’t…

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Midway through his eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the slain pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,...

20 Things A True Southerner Knows - There are certain things that with your background, Nationality, upbringing, etc you just know.

2002: Assistant climber John Stembel dangles between the granite carvings of General Robert E. Lee (left) and General Stonewall Jackson (right) as he rappels across the front of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial. Three Geologists and five assistants made their way down the face of the mountain to inspect the carving before embarking on a cleaning job. (John Spink / jspink@ajc.com)