History

Don't know the score Don't let either side get to 20 Three members of the KKK attack and kill a white Republican.  Punish - 1 S Ignore - 5N Five members of the KKK attack and kill a black man Punish - 5 S Ignore- 2 N  North Carolina has agreed to ratify the 14th amendment and wants readmission to the union.  Accept- 1 N Refuse - 10 S Alabama has refused to ratify the 14th amendment and wants readmission to the union. Accept- 8 N Refuse- 3 S South Carolina is experiencing a fresh wave of terrorism at the hands of the KKK. They've burnt down hundreds of homes.  Send in troops- 8 S Ignore- 4 N  The Albany Penitentiary houses a handful of remorseful and low ranking KKK accomplices. People are calling for them to be pardoned. Pardon them - 2 N Don't pardon them- 2 S X

Jefferson had said: that the two races couldn't live together because of "deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites- ten thousand recollections by the blacks of the injuries they have sustained."  Teachers, politicians, doctors and lawyers were sent down south. Dear Friend: Perhaps you may care to know of my work here for the Freed people. After the horrible riots in New Orleans in July, I found my heart getting impaired from hospital visiting and excitement so I came here to do what I could and to get stronger corporally, that I might enter fully into carrying light and knowledge into dark places. The Lord blessed me and I have a very interesting and constantly growing day school, a night school, and, a glorious Sabbath School of near one hundred scholars. The school is under the auspices of the Freedmen’s Bureau, yet it is wholly self-supporting. The majority of my pupils come from plantations, three, four and even eight miles distant. So anxious