Stephen West
Stephen_A_West
1. “I’m a single white man from South Carolina,” an aggrieved Lindsey Graham declared last week.Note: Graham’s Senate seat has never been occupied by anyone *but* a white man.Before Graham,
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Lincoln is getting quoted a lot, but selectively. Everyone remembers "with malice towards none; with charity for all" from the 2d Inaugural. Keep reading. Lincoln called as well for a
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#Grant seems to be getting negative reviews from many who #TeachReconstruction.Brevity was part of the problem.Grant spent more time as general in chief after Appomattox than before. His presidency lasted
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#otd in 1870, the American Anti-Slavery Society disbanded.Why? Because the #15thAmendment had been ratified.Members declared that the 15A represented "the fulfillment of the pledge which the anti-slavery movement made to
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