Barack Obama

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by Kevin Levin on January 19, 2009 · 5 comments · Follow me on Twitter

in Civil Rights History, Current Affairs, Memory, Slavery, Southern History

H.K. Edgerton Goes to Washington

by Kevin Levin on January 17, 2009 · 21 comments · Follow me on Twitter

in Current Affairs, Lost Cause, Slavery, Southern History

I guess I should have anticipated a decision by H.K. to use the Obama election/inauguration to unify white and black American around the Confederate flag. My local newspaper is reporting that H.K. is making his way up Rt. 29, which will take him right through Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington, D.C. I can’t tell where along [...]

Obama and Civil War Memory

by Kevin Levin on January 11, 2009 · 6 comments · Follow me on Twitter

in Current Affairs, Memory

A few months ago I speculated on how an Obama victory might affect how we remember our Civil War. I suggested that the election of our first black president (regardless of political affiliation) would present us with an opportunity to remember and commemorate aspects of the war that have traditionally been downplayed, if not ignored [...]

It’s Only Satire If You Ignore the History

by Kevin Levin on December 27, 2008 · 1 comment · Follow me on Twitter

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You would think that a party that has struggled to attract black voters would be extra careful when it comes to the distribution of material that could be construed as racist. That didn’t seem to be a concern for Chip Saltsman, who distributed a CD to RNC members that included the song, “Barack the Magic [...]

VMI Will March in Inaugural Parade

by Kevin Levin on December 4, 2008 · 7 comments · Follow me on Twitter

in Current Affairs, Memory

One of my readers has informed me that the Virginia Military Institute’s entire Corps of cadets will march in Barack Obama’s inaugural parade. Why is this significant? The Corps, along with Thomas J. Jackson were present at the execution of John Brown in 1859. Most notably, the Corps took part in the Battle of New [...]