Robert Toombs’ Farewell Speech
Georgia Sen. Robert Toombs of Georgia delivers his farewell speech to the U.S. Senate: “Very well; you not only want to break down our constitutional […]
History
Virginia Flaggers vs. VMFA
Virginia Brooks D. Simpson has brought up the Virginia Flaggers in the context of my debate with Connie Chastain. I know very little about this […]
The Crusader: Sen. John Tyler Morgan and African Colonization
Alabama Sen. John Tyler Morgan of Alabama has always been one of my personal heroes. Morgan began his career as an aide to the fire […]
The Chastain Debate: Perish The South Rather Than a Principle
Alabama “Perish the colonies, rather than sacrifice one iota of our principles.” – Maximillien Robespierre I’m not sure how many OD readers saw the 400+ […]
Thomas DiLorenzo on Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
Alabama Sad, but true: Alabama and Mississippi have been added to South Carolina on the list of southern states that overwhelmingly supported warmongering neocons over […]
Robert Barnwell Rhett’s “Union of the White Race of the South”
South Carolina Robert Barnwell Rhett, the “father of secession,” looked forward to the day when the South would rise again and secede from the United […]
Brooks D. Simpson on Robert E. Lee
New York Brooks D. Simpson has noticed the recent post here about Robert E. Lee’s support for the expulsion of African-Americans from Virginia. He also […]
Tim Wise’s New Book: Dear White America
Tennessee Tim Wise has penned us a new love letter: Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority. The book was published in January without […]
Apostles of Disunion: The Case for Southern Secession
Dixie Why did the Deep South secede from the United States and form the Confederacy in 1861? Charles B. Dew answered this question in Apostles […]
Ice Age Columbus: Europeans Arrived First In North America
Ice Age This is truly the best news that has come across my desk in a long time. Note: Kyle Bristow anticipated this in White […]
Robert E. Lee on African-Americans
Virginia In the aftermath of the War Between the States, General Robert E. Lee was interviewed by the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Lee testified before […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Égalité for All
Saint-Domingue Égalité for All: Touissant L’ouverature and the Haitian Revolution is a PBS documentary about the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was the only successful […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Tears of the Sun
Nigeria Tears of the Sun is a 2003 film starring Bruce Willis about a U.S. Navy Seal rescue team sent into Nigeria during a fictional […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Cry Freetown
Sierra Leone Cry Freetown is a 2000 documentary that takes place in Freetown, Sierra Leone in the aftermath of “Operation No Living Thing.” This critically […]
Afrikaner Blood
South Africa Colonel Jooste is an Afrikaner patriot. He is one of the few people in this insane country that seems to have his head […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Blood Diamond
Sierra Leone Blood Diamond is a 2006 film set in the context of the Sierra Leone Civil War. The background story of this movie is […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: In The Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
Zaire Michela Wrong’s In The Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo is an investigative journalist’s take on the […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Hotel Rwanda
Rwanda Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 film about the Rwandan genocide. It tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina who sheltered 1,268 Tutsi and Hutu […]
Amurrica Series: Chords of Memory
Amurrica I’m sure Bill Yancey and Palmetto Patriot will get a kick out of Sarah Palin’s new video on President’s Day:
Black History Month 2012: Review: Shake Hands With The Devil
Rwanda Shake Hands With The Devil is a 2007 documentary about the Rwandan genocide. The film is based on the book Shake Hands with the […]
Black History Month 2012: Rape in the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo Americans are accustomed to dealing with natural disasters. California has its earthquakes. Florida has its hurricanes. Kansas has its tornadoes. Arizona […]
Black History Month 2012: The Bloody Birth of South Sudan
South Sudan Last July, the Republic of South Sudan was launched with much excitement as Africa’s 54th state and the world’s newest black nation. The […]
Black History Month 2012: Mengistu Haile Mariam’s Red Terror
Ethiopia Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia belongs with Charles Taylor of Liberia and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe in the Greatest Dictators of Africa Hall of […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Africa Addio
Africa Africa Addio (Farewell Africa) is a 1966 Italian documentary that explores the triumph of freedom and equality in post-colonial Africa. Decried as a “brutal, […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Lumumba
Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba was the Congolese version of Malcolm X and Barack Hussein Obama. In June 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Black History Month 2012: Remembering Rhodesia
Rhodesia It was arguably the lowest moment in British history. Faced with the terrifying prospect of black majority rule, the colony of Southern Rhodesia was […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: “Mugabe and the White African”
Zimbabwe “Mugabe and the White African” is a documentary and book that tells the story of Mike Campbell and family and their legal struggle to […]
Black History Month 2012: “Greater Liberia” Goes Full Gangsta
Liberia “He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him.” Don Cheadle and Chris Rock made headlines last year by […]
Black History Month 2012: The (Black) “Land of the Free”
Liberia I hope you are enjoying OD’s unique celebration of Black History Month 2012. We have assumed responsibility in the blogosphere this year of commemorating […]
Black History Month 2012: Le Vieux’s Ghost Town Capital
Côte d’Ivoire African-Americans are still recovering from the shocking news that a DNA test has confirmed that King Tut was of European ancestry. As we […]
Black History Month 2012: Emperor Bokassa’s Coronation
Central African Republic African-Americans were thoroughly disappointed by the results of King Tut’s DNA test which showed that Pharoah Tutankhamun and his father Akhenaten were […]
Black History Month 2012: DNA Test Results Show King Tut Wasn’t Black
Egypt I have been saving this one for a special occasion. You know you are living in Black Run Amerika (BRA) … when the Sons […]