Stonewall Jackson, Grand Ole Opry Star for Over 60 Years, Dies at 89
His biggest record, “Waterloo,” topped the country music chart for five weeks in 1959 and became a crossover hit.
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His biggest record, “Waterloo,” topped the country music chart for five weeks in 1959 and became a crossover hit.
Artist Kerry James Marshall will create new racial justice-themed stained glass windows for D.C.'s National Cathedral.
On This Day: Cyclone Nargis kills thousands in Myanmar On May 2, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Nargis slammed into densely populated southern Myanmar. The death toll was eventually raised to nearly 140,000 people. By UPI Staff Myanma service members form a line to unload water supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Rangoon International Airport in Myanmar on May 12, 2008. The shipment of water, mosquito nets and blankets arrived on the first of three planned relief flights to provide aid to citizens devastated by Tropical Cyclone Nargis. File Photo by Andres Alcaraz/U.S. Marine C...
Replies(29) Plaques in honor of Confederates are seen on the base of a monument in Hemming Park in 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Ten monuments or symbols of the Confederacy were removed in the state in 2020. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) FLORIDA — More Confederate monuments were removed in 2020 across the United States than during the five previous years combined, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in its most recent "Whose Heritage?" report that tracks public displays related to the Confederacy. Ninety-four of the 168 Confederate symbols removed or renamed nationwide in 2020 were monuments...
/ The Charlotte City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a recommendation to rename streets that honor Confederate soldiers, segregationists or people who played a prominent role in advancing white supremacy. Streets that could be renamed include Stonewall Street and West Hill Street uptown and Morrison Boulevard in south Charlotte. #CLTCC has unanimously voted to approve recommendations to rename streets that honor Confederate soldiers, segregationists or figures who played a prominent role in advancing ideals of white supremacy. Stonewall is named for Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonath...