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Posted on February 25 at 7:41 a.m.
"and serves on the Mary’s Youth Council."
I believe that is the Mayor's Youth Council.
Posted on February 5 at 8:38 a.m.
It made the front page of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which is a state wide paper.
Posted on March 12 at 10:14 a.m.
Just for the record Representative Keith Ellison is the Minnesota Congressman who just happens to be Muslim. He took his oath of office like every other Congressperson, without any type of religious book. In the staged photo op that was taken after the actual ceremony, Representative Ellison used a copy of the Qur'an that was originally owned by...Thomas Jefferson and is now housed in the Library of Congress. Obama is not Muslim and never has been. His father was raised as a Muslim, but later became an atheist. His mother was not religious and his step father was a non-practicing Muslim. If we are to base our perceptions of the canidates on who and what their parents were, than the entire notion of a fair electoral process, not to mention the idea that the US is a open and welcoming society, is a farce. Also, John Q the US was not founded by "God Fearing Christians." Jefferson was an atheist. Many historians argue that Washington was a deist.
As a side note- I have read the online edition of the Democrat for years. As someone who was born and raised in Natchez, I have been looking forward to the day that I could move back with my family. My wife and I are working professionals and several jobs in our fields have opened in the area over the past year or so. But one of the biggest reasons we have not applied for those positions are the comments in this section. The comments are so overwhelmingly negative and many of them are quite ignorant of well established facts. If any thing goes wrong in the city, it has to be the fault of the Historical Society or the inferior education that the bulk of the county's children are receiving at the NASD. Take a chance and actually try to make your community better.
Posted on February 25 at 10:25 a.m.
fay2ntz,
I agree with you that more people need to learn about Wright and look at his works, but I have to stand by my statement about the fire at his grandmother's house. Wright was born in 1908. In 1911 his family moved to Natchez and lived with the Wilsons, Richard's maternal grandparents. In 1912, at the age of four, Richard Wright set fire to his grandmother's home. In fact, if you look at the opening sentence of the novel, you will see that Wright was four at the time of the incident and so he was at least one year removed from Roxie, but a year before he first moved to Memphis. Also, the drinking establishments that Wright visited are located in Memphis, not Under the Hill.
Posted on February 24 at 9:41 a.m.
While Wikipedia is hardly an authoritative source, I did find the following photograph there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Souve...
In Wright's semi-autobiographical novel "Black Boy," there is an incident where he sets fire to his grandmother's house. That incident occured in Natchez, where his family was then living. While Google is a very good tool, you should never depend exclusively on it.
Posted on February 1 at 10:08 a.m.
Silly_willy,
To state that the “War Between the States” was not initially about slavery is correct. After South Carolina fired upon Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for volunteers to put down the Rebellion. In the eyes of the Federal government, the war was always first and foremost about the suppression of the Rebellion and the restoration of the Union as secession was viewed as an illegal act. (This is also why the name of the conflict is the War of the Rebellion according to the official report that was published by the War Department.)
On the other hand, to claim that the idea that the abolition of slavery as a goal of the war was not introduced until 1863 is simply false. Only after much negotiation with the Border States and the District of Columbia was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued, on September 22, 1862. In individual field commands, slaves were being freed well before that date. (See the quote from General Hunter above.) You are also correct that is was only in effect where the Rebellion existed, not in any Northern or Border States. But you must also remember that according to the Federal government, the Confederate States of America did not officially exist and in fact no country ever officially recognized the CSA as a legitimate country. Thus Lincoln was simply taking away an important military resource from an area of the country that was engaged in an open Rebellion, increasing the chances of the Federal government succeeding in suppressing the conflict.
Finally, it is important to note that slavery was always an issue between the free and slave states in the US. In fact in South Carolina’s secession document, the institution of slavery is repeatedly mentioned as a major reason, if not the sole reason for the split. You can trace it this way: The election of Lincoln brings about fears that slavery will be abolished throughout the United States, which leads South Carolina and other southern states to secede. These states eventually create their own “country” and in the quest to gain control of Federal property within their borders fired upon Fort Sumter. Thus Lincoln called for his 75,000 volunteers and the last four states secede.
Posted on February 1 at 10:01 a.m.
March is Women's History Month.
Posted on February 1 at 9:09 a.m.
“Africa is the richest country in the world,”
The last time I checked, Africa was a continent and was never a "country," much less the richest one in the world.
Posted on January 29 at 10:37 a.m.
According to the MPB website, the program will air next Monday, February 4.
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Posted on November 20 at 8:34 a.m.
This article is about an event that occurred in Wynne and Jonesboro, Arkansas, not Louisiana. The Democrat should really check its information before it runs articles.
On Natchez native brings runner back to life