Battle of Athens (TN)

[Scotty011]

Originally Posted by GregW

It was the south. What in Hell did the citizen's expect? Honest and hard working government? Good effin luck. There are probably countless town run the same way today.

You are probably right. And I would bet my life that many of them are in the North also. To think otherwise is pure ignorance. The ignorance of some about the South is really astounding.

[Scotty011]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Three links already showing that for you, just read.

You have not posted a single link that supports what you are trying to say here. I have been reading different articles on this event and have yet to find anything saying that this was about the black vote. It was about rich politicians that wanted to run the City/ Town. They were determined to stay in power by any means. The mainly white ex GIs made sure that did not happen.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by Scotty011

You have not posted a single link that supports what you are trying to say here. I have been reading different articles on this event and have yet to find anything saying that this was about the black vote. It was about rich politicians that wanted to run the City/ Town. They were determined to stay in power by any means. The mainly white ex GIs made sure that did not happen.

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

By 3:00 P.M. most were back at the Essankay and most were armed. At about this time, Tom Gillespie, an elderly black farmer from Union Road, stepped inside the eleventh-precinct polling place in the Athens Water Works on Jackson Street. Windy Wise, a Cantrell guard, told Gillespie, “******, you can’t vote here.” When Tom protested, Wise struck him with brass knuckles. Gillespie dropped his ballot and ran for the door. Wise pulled a pistol and shot him in the back as he reached the sidewalk. The crowd began to demand the lives of the captives; some veterans agreed.

The Battle of Athens(TN,1946)

Battle of Athens

N word is *** out

Uh huh

[michiganmoon]

Memphis1979,

You are either trolling, stubbornly ignorant, or telling bald faced lies.

You claim:

This was about white political establishment trying to suppress the black veteran vote from the war.

This problem was resolved by the voter rights act char the supreme court is trying to repeal, not with a gun.

Your statement is completely false.

The Battle Of Athens | American History Lives at American Heritage

1) The Battle of Athens was not about suppressing the black vote, the black vote had been suppressed for decades by this time. It was about the White GI vote being suppressed.
2) The Battle of Athens in 1946 was not resolved by the Voter Rights Act of 1965.

The Battle of Athens was about:
1) A corrupt Democratic Political Machine exploiting predominantly White GIs.
2) ALL White GIs running themselves as Republican candidates in opposition to Democratic Political machine.
3) Only White GIs getting arrested for protesting voter irregularities about white GIs not being allowed to vote.
4) Violence broke out when more GIs rushed to the scene after hearing gun shots with tensions high as the corrupt polictical machine had 300 armed guards, one of which shot an elderly black farmer that tried to vote seeing the protests...This is the "trigger" event the powder keg was the corrupt democratic machine exploiting white GIs.

No where can you back up your absurd statement quoted above.

There comes a time where it is better to be quiet than thought a fool and ruin your credibility.

[monkeywrenching]

Originally Posted by starlite9

This should be taught in school, but I never heard of it till yesterday.

Reason the Founding Fathers made it Law of the Land... The Second Amendment.

If the people that swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and don't, what other rights are you going to lose?

voxvocispublicus.homestead.com/Battle-of-Athens.html

I was taught this in school, of course I went to school from 1967-1980 k-12.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by monkeywrenching

I was taught this in school, of course I went to school from 1967-1980 k-12.

That is cool that they taught you about it, but this should be taught Nationally to where everyone can see what our rights are in American Government.

Thanks