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Nathan Bedford Forrest Billboard At Selma Bridge
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/neo-confederate-klan-wizardess-erected-pro-kkk-billboard-near-historic-selma-bridge/A billboard honoring the founder of the Ku Klux Klan now stands within sight the historic bridge in Selma, Alabama that was the site of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” clash between civil rights protesters and police.
The New York Daily News reported Saturday that the billboard shows Nathan Bedford Forrest — Klan founder and Confederate war hero — astride his horse with the motto, “Keep the skeer on ‘em,” meaning, “Keep them afraid.”
President Barack Obama is traveling to Selma on Saturday to march alongside Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and thousands of celebrants as they commemorate the historic clash which took place on March 7, 1965, as a crowd of nonviolent, mostly black protesters marched headlong into a column of Alabama National Guardsmen and other law enforcement officers.
Ironically, on the opposite side of the Forrest billboard — which reads “Visit Selma’s War Between the States historic sites” — is a sign welcoming the president and others to Selma for the 50th anniversary of the march...
The New York Daily News reported Saturday that the billboard shows Nathan Bedford Forrest — Klan founder and Confederate war hero — astride his horse with the motto, “Keep the skeer on ‘em,” meaning, “Keep them afraid.”
President Barack Obama is traveling to Selma on Saturday to march alongside Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and thousands of celebrants as they commemorate the historic clash which took place on March 7, 1965, as a crowd of nonviolent, mostly black protesters marched headlong into a column of Alabama National Guardsmen and other law enforcement officers.
Ironically, on the opposite side of the Forrest billboard — which reads “Visit Selma’s War Between the States historic sites” — is a sign welcoming the president and others to Selma for the 50th anniversary of the march...
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Dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, the hangers-on of the flag of sedition and treason will go . . . .
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Likewise, they claim that slavery was a "mild or benign institution" that was for the "betterment" of Africans (Sounds familiar?). Examples include claims that slave owners were paternalistic figures to their slaves, that they loved their slaves like children, and were in turn loved as parent figures. Black women will fall into a "mammy" stereotype to defend the white families that they somehow love more than their own.
They highlight and present as typical the rare occasions where African-American slaves may have fought against Union forces, ignoring the fact that the Confederate government emphatically refused to allow any slaves to fight until about two months before the end of the war.
They overemphasize the (very few) free blacks who did indeed own slaves or fought for the Confederacy.
They ignore the fact that millions of slaves fled to Union lines with whatever property they had, hoping to gain their freedom. Or if they do talk about them, consider them traitors, thieves, or collaborators (especially during Reconstruction).
There is an inordinate focus on atrocities committed by Union forces against slaves and free blacks.
Likewise, they claim that slavery was a "mild or benign institution" that was for the "betterment" of Africans (Sounds familiar?). Examples include claims that slave owners were paternalistic figures to their slaves, that they loved their slaves like children, and were in turn loved as parent figures. Black women will fall into a "mammy" stereotype to defend the white families that they somehow love more than their own.
They highlight and present as typical the rare occasions where African-American slaves may have fought against Union forces, ignoring the fact that the Confederate government emphatically refused to allow any slaves to fight until about two months before the end of the war.
They overemphasize the (very few) free blacks who did indeed own slaves or fought for the Confederacy.
They ignore the fact that millions of slaves fled to Union lines with whatever property they had, hoping to gain their freedom. Or if they do talk about them, consider them traitors, thieves, or collaborators (especially during Reconstruction).
There is an inordinate focus on atrocities committed by Union forces against slaves and free blacks.
