degradation, and absolute denial of opportunities for african-americans. we re celebrating people, and had they won, don, you and i would not be sitting here right now. you and i would be in the fields right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so that s like somebody saying, oh, we re going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. all right. that was cnn s roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern states and it is prime-time for reenactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and we ve got a whole panel of johnny revs joining us right now. tim and lisa knight are here with me in atlanta and there s h.k. ed garton live in charlotte, north carolina. good to see all of you. don t be nervous, we re just talking. people want to hear from all of you. so thank you very much. what do you guys think about the controversy that s going on with the governor and with the proclamation?
who s in charlotte, north carolina. hk, you would know about this because that is what you do. what do you say about this, about african-americans, especially the slavery part of it. you can understand, a lot of people don t like this celebration, because to them it means slavery. they feel they would be slaves had the south won. first of all, let s back up and talk about some of the things mr. martin talked about. he called the people in the south, some of the most honorable people in this country american terrorists. and said if the south had won the war, we d be in the fields now. that s just poppycock and playing on the feelings of people who want to say slavery and end all dialogue. it s a great thing that the governor of virginia did when he declared confederate industry month, because now we have the tell the southern side, which is never told, with the advent of industrial revolution. and i m very surprised with virginia, because in virginia, up until the days of the war, tho
understand what the civil war means to, especially african-americans, who were, you know, slaves during that time, and for them and for the people in the north and in the south, that s what the war was about, to end slavery, and the south did not want to end that. do you get that? i understand that part, but there are a lot of things that our history books, and they leave out. it s not strictly just over the issue of slavery. 93,000 african-americans participated on the side of the confedera confederacy. they don t bring that up. those people participated, but they were not necessarily willing participants. no, these were and by the time african-americans could join, it was too late. it was 1865. so they weren t considered enough of a person to even join the army, to be allowed to join the army and fight in the war. well, it s in between 10,000 and 15,000 actually carried arms. let s bring in h.k. ed garton
right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so that s like somebody saying, oh, we re going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. all right. that was cnn s roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern states and it is primetime for re re-enactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and we ve got a whole panel of johnny revs joining us right now. tim and lisa knight are here with me in atlanta and there s h.k. ed garton live in charlotte, north carolina. good to see all of you. don t be nervous, we re just talking. people want to hear from all of you. so thank you very much. what do you guys think about the controversy that s going on with the governor and with the proclamation? well, as far as the state of georgia s concerned, the proclamation here is celebrating the confederate heritage month. that s representing everybody who was a part of it, both whites, african-america
at keller.edu. ( tires screeching ) there s never been a better time. ( tires squealing ) to have bad tires. come to meinekand save $20 on two or more tires. at meineke, you re always the driver. welcome back to our conversation. virginia s governor opened up old wounds declaring april confederate history month and leafing slavery out of the equation. we have been talking with a panel of three civil war enactors, tim and lisa knight, here in atlanta, and h.k. edgarton joins us by satellite.