Of Racist Manifestos, US Mars Rx, and a Horoscope for the Ku Klux Klanby Jude CowellAround the time of the *end of the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan or, ‘KKK’, was founded as a secret society on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee by a group of die-hard Confederate war veterans. Soon becoming a paramilitary force, Klan members were aggrieved over progressive Reconstruction Era policies which
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Broken Hearts Across America and a hood-free KKK
Of Racist Manifestos, US Mars Rx, and a Horoscope for the Ku Klux Klanby Jude CowellAround the time of the *end of the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan or, ‘KKK’, was founded as a secret society on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee by a group of die-hard Confederate war veterans. Soon becoming a paramilitary force, Klan members were aggrieved over progressive Reconstruction Era policies which
America’s First-Ever Impeachment of 1868
Andrew Johnson; Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx [Public domain]
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson occurred on February 24, 1868 and qualifies as America’s first-ever impeachment of a president. (130 years later, President Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 although no crimes were found by the Starr investigation so Republicans impeached a Democratic president over
America’s First-Ever Impeachment of 1868
Andrew Johnson; Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx [Public domain]
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson occurred on February 24, 1868 and qualifies as America’s first-ever impeachment of a president. (130 years later, President Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 although no crimes were found by the Starr investigation so Republicans impeached a Democratic president over
For an Unpopular Democrat in the White House try President Andrew Johnson!
When we speak of unpopular even reviled Democrats in American Politics who can forget the nearly-impeached President Andrew Johnson who staggered into the Oval Office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? Here’s the drunken, high-handed cuss now:
image: Hon. Andrew Johnson; photo available from the Library of Congress {Public domain} Wikimedia Commons
Now I’m not certain you’re up for