Today I learned, much to my dismay, that there are states that, not being able to opt out of the federal Martin Luther King holiday, have chosen to celebrate the birthday of slaveholding Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the same time. And before any of you write in to tell me that, in spite […]
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Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee, side by side on my piano keyboard
Posted in Civil Liberties, History, Uncategorized Also tagged Arkansas, Civil War, Dick Williams, Ebony and Ivory, Franklin Pierce, Martin Luther King, MLK, mythistory, neo-Confederate, racism, revisionist history, rewriting history, Robert E. Lee, the south, Wesley Norris, white man's burden 28 Comments