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    Ten Commandments of the Old South

    MARCH 25, 2012 7:43PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: danagram, daniel rigney, south east conference football, liberalism + socialism + conspiracy, southern commandments, confederate culture, new south, yankee culture, states' rights + slavery, war of northern aggression, scalia deletion, first half of second amendment, houston + carbon, deep fried alligator, government is bad, racist heritage, confederate battle flag, mennonite + guns, conservatarianism, dixiecrat, white protestant + southern, southern baptist + closed communion, southern culture, bullying, cultural cliches, rebel mascot, old enough to remember, integrated water fountaiins, segregated water fountains, integration, segregation, rodeohouston, houston rodeo, houston fat stock show, houston, beaumont texas, ten commandments + old confederacy, commode, ten commandments + south

    • 0 Ratings
    • 93 Views
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    February 18-19, 2012: Tim McCaffrey’s Guest Post

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 9:05PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: moments we should better remember, civil rights, segregation, world war ii, jackie robinson, tim mccaffrey

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2762 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Stroll Through My Old (Formerly Segregated) Neighborhood

    JANUARY 19, 2012 7:35PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: segregation, working class, neighborhoods, glenmont, maryland, jim crow, environment, family

    • 48 Ratings
    • 1297 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    The Other Hotel California - Racism Stories

    JANUARY 16, 2012 11:12AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: politics, racism, african american, eagles, hotel california, the eagles, architecture, big/mama/thorton, don/henley, henley, lavey, life, music, poverty, san/francisco, segregation, sly/stone, racism, martin luther king day, whites only, ron paul, martin luther king jr, martin luther king

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    • 1116 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Maryland in the Days of Jim Crow

    DECEMBER 31, 2011 11:55AM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: summer camp, segregation, civil rights

    • 0 Ratings
    • 169 Views
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    Message to the Lazy Left: THIS Is How It Starts

    AUGUST 17, 2011 8:45AM

    By Enlightened Belle


    Topics: koch brothers, segregation, north carolina, wake county, enforced busing

    • 0 Ratings
    • 468 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    William Shatner in "The Intruder" (Roger Corman, 1962)

    JULY 30, 2011 3:54AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: film, segregation, the south, racism, civil rights, roger corman, william shatner

    • 1 Ratings
    • 770 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Bigoted Obama defers the dream yet again

    JUNE 24, 2011 12:29AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: same-sex marriage, politics, gay rights, states' rights, separate but equal, segregationists, segregation, san francisco, politics, october 2007, loving vs. virginia, lgbt, human rights, equal rights, cowardice, civil rights, castro street fair, barack obama, gay/lesbian, barack obama, bigotry, castro street fair, civil rights, cowardice, equal rights, gay rights, gay/lesbian, human rights, lgbt, loving vs. virginia, manhattan, new york, obama, october 2007, politics, queer, same-sex marriage, san francisco, segregation, segregationists, separate but equal, states' rights

    • 10 Ratings
    • 999 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Meeting That Changed Baseball and Helped Change America

    APRIL 15, 2011 4:06PM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: jackie robinson, branch rickey, major league baseball, brooklyn dodgers, jackie robinson day, number 42, go jackie go, leo durocher, pee wee reese, eddie stanky, dixie walker, ben chapman, happy chandler, ford frick, civil rights movement, segregation, integration

    • 0 Ratings
    • 87 Views
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    March 4, 2011 [Repeat]: Revisiting a Thorny Problem

    MARCH 4, 2011 12:32PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, civil rights, segregation, the agrarians, robert penn warren

    • 6 Ratings
    • 474 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    "Life" - The Good Old Days

    FEBRUARY 21, 2011 10:58AM

    By toritto


    Topics: family, feminism, newshistory, 1942, life magazine, wwii, faisal ii, roosevelt, dewey, military, waacs, segregation

    • 73 Ratings
    • 1135 Views
    • 95 Comments
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    I was Born White

    JANUARY 16, 2011 10:39AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: martin luther king day, mlk, segregation, quebec, eastern townships, canada, slave tunnels, 4 little girls, underground railroad, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 427 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Don't Ask; Don't Tell Rest in Peace

    DECEMBER 18, 2010 5:59PM

    By Gordon Osmond


    Topics: discrimination, segregation, obama, politics, dadt

    • 2 Ratings
    • 865 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Dixiecrats Are Gone, But Their Influence Lives On

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 9:49AM

    By RogerShuler


    Topics: integration, segregation, strom thurmond, 2010 midterm elections, dixiecrats

    • 4 Ratings
    • 305 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    I'd Rather Not Leave It to the States

    AUGUST 23, 2010 2:35PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: segregation, gay marriage, federal government, states rights

    • 4 Ratings
    • 250 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Peaches—And Memories of a Georgia Summer

    AUGUST 23, 2010 11:12AM

    By M. Dunn


    Topics: segregation, food/drink, family, skc peaches

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1832 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Baldwin NY, An Oasis in Segregated Long Island

    JULY 28, 2010 3:44PM

    By Redstocking Grandma


    Topics: baldwin, rockville centre, oceanside, uniondale, long island, racism, segregation

    • 1 Ratings
    • 260 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Suggestions for Rand Paul

    MAY 21, 2010 10:35AM

    By theone69


    Topics: segregation, civil rights act, oil spill, kentucky, tea party, rand paul

    • 1 Ratings
    • 450 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    And the Lester Maddox Award for Lunch Counter Maintenance go

    MAY 20, 2010 11:23AM

    By Bill in WV


    Topics: terrible statement, civil rights, segregation, rand paul

    • 2 Ratings
    • 241 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    How to address "societal issues, roadblocks and challenges"

    MAY 6, 2010 4:07PM

    By thatsright


    Topics: hypocrisy, segregation, racism

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