Replace the monuments/memorials with new ones that celebrate and honor the important and truly American heroes of the South:
NAT TURNER - great American hero.
William A. Jackson - a slave when the Civil War broke out. He was put in a power of position which he was able to exploit. As a slave in the Confederate President Jefferson Davis home, Jackson was able to work as a spy for the Union. Davis never viewed Jackson as a threat, and often talked in the open and freely around him. When Jackson fled in 1861, he gave the Union information about military strategy, and supply routes, and other valuable information.
Robert Smalls - born into slavery. He worked as a pilot in the harbor at Charleston when the Civil War started. Smalls was assigned to steer the CSS Planter, an armed Confederate military transport. He stole the boat while the boats officers were asleep, and then he successfully sailed past Confederate forts that guarded the port. Later, Smalls was sent to see President Lincoln by the Union commander at Port Royal who was impressed with his skills. Smalls was given command of his old vessel, making him the first black naval captain of the war. As a slave he had planted mines, and he was now working to destroy railroad bridges.
Andre Cailloux - a slave in Louisiana in 1825, and was of mixed-race. By 1846 he was living as a free man in New Orleans. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Cailloux became a lieutenant in the Native Guard, a Confederate regiment organized to defend the city of New Orleans. Free men of color had participated in the local militia since the time of French colonial rule. Cailloux was one of the first African-American officers of any North American unit. His company was considered one of the best-drilled in the regiment. He died heroically during the unsuccessful first attack on the Confederate fortifications during the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
10 More heroes of the south ---> http://listverse.com/2013/09/19/10-african-american-heroes-of-the-civil-war/
"SOUL FOOD" -- SOUTHERN COOKING IS GREAT BECAUSE OF THE AFRICAN INFLUENCE
SLAVE INVENTORS WHO HAD PATENTS BLOCKED
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
SLAVES THAT ESCAPED AND FOUGHT FOR AMERICA (THE NORTH)
ANY SOUTHERNER WHO GAVE AIDE AND COMFORT TO U.S. SOLIDERS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
ANY SOUTHERNER WHO SABOTAGED TRAITOR CONFEDERATES
ABOLITIONISTS
ANY BLACK PERSON WHO WAS UNLAWFULLY PROSECUTED FOR A CRIME
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND CHAMPIONS.
CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHTERS WHO DIED AT THAT HANDS OF SOUTHERN LAWMEN OR MOBS
NAT TURNER - great American hero.
William A. Jackson - a slave when the Civil War broke out. He was put in a power of position which he was able to exploit. As a slave in the Confederate President Jefferson Davis home, Jackson was able to work as a spy for the Union. Davis never viewed Jackson as a threat, and often talked in the open and freely around him. When Jackson fled in 1861, he gave the Union information about military strategy, and supply routes, and other valuable information.
Robert Smalls - born into slavery. He worked as a pilot in the harbor at Charleston when the Civil War started. Smalls was assigned to steer the CSS Planter, an armed Confederate military transport. He stole the boat while the boats officers were asleep, and then he successfully sailed past Confederate forts that guarded the port. Later, Smalls was sent to see President Lincoln by the Union commander at Port Royal who was impressed with his skills. Smalls was given command of his old vessel, making him the first black naval captain of the war. As a slave he had planted mines, and he was now working to destroy railroad bridges.
Andre Cailloux - a slave in Louisiana in 1825, and was of mixed-race. By 1846 he was living as a free man in New Orleans. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Cailloux became a lieutenant in the Native Guard, a Confederate regiment organized to defend the city of New Orleans. Free men of color had participated in the local militia since the time of French colonial rule. Cailloux was one of the first African-American officers of any North American unit. His company was considered one of the best-drilled in the regiment. He died heroically during the unsuccessful first attack on the Confederate fortifications during the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
10 More heroes of the south ---> http://listverse.com/2013/09/19/10-african-american-heroes-of-the-civil-war/
"SOUL FOOD" -- SOUTHERN COOKING IS GREAT BECAUSE OF THE AFRICAN INFLUENCE
SLAVE INVENTORS WHO HAD PATENTS BLOCKED
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
SLAVES THAT ESCAPED AND FOUGHT FOR AMERICA (THE NORTH)
ANY SOUTHERNER WHO GAVE AIDE AND COMFORT TO U.S. SOLIDERS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
ANY SOUTHERNER WHO SABOTAGED TRAITOR CONFEDERATES
ABOLITIONISTS
ANY BLACK PERSON WHO WAS UNLAWFULLY PROSECUTED FOR A CRIME
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND CHAMPIONS.
CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHTERS WHO DIED AT THAT HANDS OF SOUTHERN LAWMEN OR MOBS
