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Ebony Magazine During the Civil Rights Era

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

In 2008 Ebony magazine made available much of its archive, dating all the way back to 1959. The archive can be read here, and it offers a fascinating perspective on America during the past. Most magazines write from the normal perspective of the white community. Ebony, however, writes from the quite different lens of black America. This perspective is quite interesting from the viewpoint of the modern reader. Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of the South Carolina Democratic Party

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

In my research on South Carolina’s 2010 gubernatorial election, I came upon a fascinating chart. The chart describes the number of Democrats and Republican in South Carolina’s State House of Representatives from the Civil War to the present day. The data offers a fascinating story of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, and the Deep South in general. Continue reading →

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The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

In the past fifty years, the Civil Rights movement has changed America more than any other social movement. The efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King and others profoundly altered America’s treatment of its minorities, in a way which represents one … Continue reading →

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(Part of) The Reason Why Blacks Vote Democratic

Posted on September 2, 2009 by

In 1972 Richard Nixon won 18 percent of the black vote, according to New York Times exit polling. In 2008, John McCain won 4 percent of the black vote. The conventional explanation for this has something to do with civil … Continue reading →

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