Southern History
June 20, 2011 -
By Cole Weintraub, Labor Notes
June 20, 2011 -
By Rosana Cruz, Bridge the Gulf
May 30, 2011 -
In 1865, formerly enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina, held a procession to honor Union soldiers who had died in a local Confederate prison camp. Known as "Decoration Day," the ceremony foreshadowed what would become our modern Memorial Day.
May 19, 2011 -
By Paul McLennan, Labor Notes
