Researching the labor history post on the Black Codes, I ran across this tidbit from historian David Oshinsky: Nugent was among the lucky ones: he came back alive. More than a third of MississippiR
On November 25, 1865, Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the white South’s massive resistance to the freeing of their
Freedom Summer was 50 years ago this year and its anniversary has been pretty underreported. Anyway, this is an interesting piece from one of the white organizers about the relationship between organi
With the Civil War sesquicentennial and the World War I centennial beginning, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement’s major victories has not received the attention I’d like to
The UAW is continuing to organize the South after its catastrophic defeat in Chattanooga. It is targeting a Mississippi Nissan plant. Unlike Volkswagen, Nissan is fighting the union. The difference be
This bold step into the latter third of the 19th Century was declared official by the National Archivist on February 7. Of this year. As in, precisely two weeks ago: On Feb. 7, Charles A. Barth, d
This courageous quote comes courtesy of Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant. Being the governor of Mississippi, one might guess that Bryant is white, male, in his late 50s, and very conservative. As