But the courts decided all that didn't matter. The courts didn't want miscegenation laws, so out they went. Naturally, no respectable conservative and not one Southern Creep objected to this. 1864 - Confederate forces abandoned the city of Atlanta in the American Civil War. Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson defeated the Union army.
Confederate flags hang in bedroom windows a few blocks away on fraternity row.
Tens of thousands of people are gearing up for a wild time in the French Quarter. The Southern Decadence festival is here this weekend. The annual drag and gay celebration features lots of parties, dances and barhopping. As a result there will be several road closures thought the French Quarter. You'd think the Green party would be a natural for African Americans.