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Old 02-07-2009, 03:27 AM
 
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JACKSON, Miss. — Confederate President Jefferson Davis, branded a traitor in his own country, is memorialized at statehouses across the South. But not in Mississippi, where he lived out his remaining days.

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Old 10-18-2009, 02:30 PM
 
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JACKSON, Miss. — Confederate President Jefferson Davis, branded a traitor in his own country, is memorialized at statehouses across the South. But not in Mississippi, where he lived out his remaining days.

FOXNews.com - Fight Rages in Mississippi Over Confederate President Statue - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

YouTube - Tim Wise: On White Privilege (Clip)

If you listen to Tim Wise's speech all the way to the end, you will understand why the Southern states wanted to secede from the Union. Personally, I don't like Jefferson Davis, or the Confederate flag.
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