#Confederacy

Torey

tdhoma

Just thinking about how Indigenous Nations in North American had complex political confederacies and highly skilled agricultural traditions and economies before contact but American schools teach these concepts as brought

Mask Up 😷

TurnerWalston

Re: Tar Heels.It's complicated. Of course it is. The origins, predate the confederacy, yes. It was a pejorative later adopted as a point of pride. There was very likely some

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

What is the best novel you’ve ever read? Top picks seem to be:- 100 Years of Solitude- A Tale of Two Cities- Beloved- Invisible Man- All the Light We Cannot

Jennifer Ho

DrJenHo

1/So it turns out that the Confederate statue that used to be @UNC won’t return to Chapel Hill or any other UNC system campus or county for that matter, which

Laura Seay

texasinafrica

Someone set the United Daughters of the Confederacy headquarters in Richmond on fire.https://twitter.com/jahdkhalil/status/1266951898323726336 The United Daughters of the Confederacy is exactly what you think it is; an organization of women

Stonewall Jackson

1776Stonewall

Today In History, 1812: The "War Of 1812" begins. Obviously a lot to go over here. This is going to be one of my longer threads, but even with that

Stonewall Jackson

1776Stonewall

i'm going to tell the true story of the Civil War. This is going to be a long trend, but worth reading. This is not coming from a Southerner by

Ben Albert

coachbenalbert

I’m going to start a new series to promote an understanding of systemic racism. Everyday I plan on posting about a topic which established, promoted, or continues to support the

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

Census of 1860 data is striking. Slave population % of the seceding states was huge, much larger than border slaves states - also, the free black population was tiny everywhere

Maxwell Bero

beroforcongress

My thoughts on the Maryland flag, the greatest flag in the Union. (1/14) A lot has been going around recently about the Confederate history of our flag. While important to

David M.F. Schankula 🤔😬😷🔥

davidschankula

Mitch McConnell and the Confederacy, a thread... Let's start here: The 1992 Election was known as "The Year of the Woman" because it delivered a record number of Women into

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Look at them giving the entire game away.The Confederate statues, the memorials to slaveholders, and now this bizarre paranoia about statues of Christ, who they’ve perverted into a symbol of

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

#OTD in 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued his Farewell Address also known as General Order No. 9 to the men in the Army of Northern Virginia. It is

ArainGang

ArainGang

I've seen this sentiment expressed a lot by Hindu Nationalists, and while I understand its a comforting thought for them, it is not true. Mughal domination of India was shattered

Jessi Gold MD MS

drjessigold

I hear this comparison a lot: Keeping up statues of slave owners reminds people of the history like keeping up history from the Holocaust.THIS IS NOT TRUE B/C: 1) We

Black Coffee

RashidKameron

Welcome back class to lesson #3. Today we will discuss why the Confederate Flag Made a 20th Century Comeback. (thank you to @vareeditandweep for the inquiry): TL;DR: the popularity of