#Confederate

Alison Herring

HistoryHerring

The contractor who removed the Confederate monuments worked with the Sherriff's office and private security b/c the Richmond police apparently refused. A thread on the involvement of Richmond police in

redfish

redfishstream

Meet Ruby Bridges. At 6 years old, she was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the American South. ⁠⁠For her to attend school her first

PanzerLion

POCGamer

So... Yeah. Apparently pulling it was too easy, and a weak sauce disclaimer that makes a well debunked argument was the path they decided to go. Because as we all

megan squire

MeganSquire0

NEW: Another instance of a Re-Open group getting cozy w/ white supremacists. "Reopen the Triad" (NC) leader Wendy Rishel Konig appeared on the "Dissident Mama" podcast run by Rebecca Quate

Lindsay Ayling

AylingLindsay

About a half dozen racists are demonstrating in Graham again. A small group of anti-racists is demonstrating in opposition. This racist assaulted me by grabbing the phone out my hand.

Atlanta Antifascists

afainatl

Last week we mentioned racists showing up to harass a Stacey Abrams rally on Weds in Grovetown, GA. It turns out that another racist protester showed up against an Abrams

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

The vile media mischaracterization of Trump's July 4 speech is extraordinary gaslighting. The speech wasn't dark. And it wasn't "out of nowhere" or "aggressive." It was prompted by weeks of

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Since I'm writing a book about controversies about American monuments, I thought I'd check out this new sitcom about a controversy over an American monument, and let me tell you,

phoenix calida

uppittynegress

Stop it.These people had thousands of dollars For night vision goggles, 800,000 volt stunguns and bomb materials. One of their “beefs” with the Governor was her refusal to open gyms.

Ryan Whalen

RyanWhalenCT

#OpenNY protest happening in Niagara Square in Buffalo right now. At least several dozen cars involved (hard to get an accurate count when they’re moving). One is displaying a confederate

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

RVAwonk

Stephen Miller emailed Breitbart 900+ times from 2015-2016 to lay out his anti-immigrant policies. His source material included:-White nationalist websites-A “white genocide”-themed novel-Eugenics-era laws that Adolf Hitler lauded in “Mein

Bethany Rodgers

BethRodgersSLT

In Cottonwood Heights for several scheduled protests. The first is in support of the police dept. Lots of US flags. A couple Trump flags. Just walked past a guy with

Stephen Leccese

srleccese

July 1863 is definitely too early to call it inevitable. Sure the Union was superior in men and materiel by this point, but there were still 2 full years of

venetianblonde

venetianblonde

Hi, I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, #RVA, the daughter of a Civil War historian. Some thoughts about Monument Avenue: A Thread.These are my favorite statues: Arthur Ashe

Kendall

KendallBlue4

In all honesty, can we admit that there is just some trash ass people in the world. I think most people don’t realize slavery in the United States was ended

Sophia A. Nelson

IAmSophiaNelson

A Thread on @ProjectLincoln #ProjectLincoln and our abrupt parting on 4/2/2020 in light of events surrounding #RickWilson and #ConfederateCooler tweets by @CalebJHull which trended yesterday 6/16/2020 1/ 2/ My Nana