Still alive, took part in the murders. We will speak to edward duboise, the former state president of the naacp in georgia. Then we remember malcolm x. The history of unpunished violence against our people clearly indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent mob. 50 years ago on february 21 1965, malcolm x was assassinated in the audobon ballroom in harlem. Today, we will hear malcolm in his own words and speak to herb boyd who just published , malcolms diary from 1946. 1964. Then we will look at how the nsa and gchq hacked into the largest manufacturer of sim cards in the world and stole Encryption Keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Record cold temperatures are continuing across the eastern and midwestern United States today with a blas
Remember malcolm x. The history of unpunished violence against our people clearly indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent mob. 50 years ago on february 21 1965, malcolm x was assassinated in the audobon ballroom in harlem. Today, we will hear malcolm in his own words and speak to herb boyd who just published , malcolms diary from 1946. 1964. Then we will look at how the nsa and gchq hacked into the largest manufacturer of sim cards in the world and stole Encryption Keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Record cold temperatures are continuing across the eastern and midwestern United States today with a blast of arctic air scientists warn is part of a pattern fueled by Climate Change. In kentucky, temperatures are in the negative digits,
Its government officials thought, what better immigrants to have then these confederates who have advanced agricultural knowledge compared to a lot of other perspective immigrants. Obviously, are not happy with how things are going at home. So they essentially were given land grants to come to brazil. So that is the reasoning behind it. Just to bring home berts point, i would like to read something briefly called, its from the virginia magazine of history and biography. Alternatives to appomattox is the title. Edited by frank j. Merley. I want to read the opening paragraph. It really brings home how people were feeling and how people responded to these various surrenders and the prospect of life following the end of the confederacy. The title of the essay is alternatives to appomattox. I am sure many of them wished there had been an alternative. Some weeks after general robert e lee surrendered at appomattox courthouse in april 1865, a disgruntled leader put a rifle in his mouth. He ch
Some local trouble. Through a mutual acquaintance discovered that there were virginians who were traveling to brazil. In fact, this was not a virginia phenomenon. It was something that was happening throughout the south. The reason for it was that, at least in the case of brazil, it has been advertised in newspapers in places like new orleans, atlanta, charleston all over, by brazilian officials. The idea was that brazil, being an enormous country, it is still an enormous country, needed further development of its interior. Its government officials thought, what better immigrants to have then these confederates who have advanced agricultural knowledge compared to a lot of other perspective immigrants. Obviously, are not happy with how things are going at home. So they essentially were given land grants to come to brazil. So that is the reasoning behind it. Just to bring home berrtts point, i would like to read something briefly called its from the virginia magazine of history and biogr
Mindset. What is the future of the south going to be . How long are there going to be Union Soldiers running towns and cities . Is there going to be widespread abuse . What is going to happen . That kind of fear and anxiety coupled with the economic factor , those elements worked in tandem to draw people to brazil. My name is dennis. Can you describe higher profile can veterans that went down south or were these ordinary folks . Professor clabough again, going back to i brought up lee and his disdain for people leaving the south. Some of that stature had alternatives after the war. There were things he could do because of his rank and fame and standing. So it was more, i would say Junior Officers and below. I mentioned the colonel William Norris settlement. I would say from that military rank and below were predominately the people who left. Again, going back to dr. Colts question about why the motivated to go, there had to be an economic need and also possibly a political drive as wel