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Michael Martin

The South and “Red Flag” Laws

By Michael Martin

These days, we see many politicians pushing relentlessly for gun control. In the wake of recent mass shootings, several so-called “conservatives” have shown their true colors by demonizing gun owners and misrepresenting the facts on… »

  • Michael Martin
  • Southern History
  • United States Constitution

Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrats, and Southern Identity

By Michael Martin
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  • 2019 Summer School: The New South
  • Michael Martin

Strom Thurmond, the “Dixiecrats,” and Southern Identity

By Michael Martin

This essay was presented at our 2019 Summer School on The New South. James Strom Thurmond, or Strom, was born on December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina. This historic county was also the home… »

  • Dixiecrats
  • Michael Martin
  • New South
  • Strom Thurmond

Show Me Where the Statue Hurt You

By Michael Martin

I attended a protest to tear down the John C. Calhoun monument in Charleston on May 16, 2019. This event was being hosted by “The Independent Media Institute,” and consisted of “artists” explaining how the… »

  • John C. Calhoun
  • Michael Martin
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern History

Truman and Treason?

By Michael Martin

Most people believe the novel 1984 by George Orwell was about some futuristic dystopia. Published in 1949, the story reflected the fear of what the world could be like under totalitarian government. The main character… »

  • Dixiecrats
  • Harry Truman
  • Michael Martin
  • Strom Thurmond

Strom’s Advice

By Michael Martin

Strom Thurmond was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, in 1902 and lived to be over 100 years old. He grew up in a time when the average person knew how to live off the land… »

  • Michael Martin
  • Strom Thurmond

Is Opposition to Trump “Satanic?”

By Michael Martin

On a February 2017 episode of televangelist Pat Robertson’s “The 700 club,” a viewer sent in the following question about dissent: “Why do so many hate President Trump and say everything he does is bad?… »

  • Donald Trump
  • Michael Martin
  • Pat Robertson
  • Southern Religion
  • Southern Tradition

Black Southerners in American Wars

By Michael Martin

President Trump recently used his executive powers to designate a national monument to honor African Americans’ role as soldiers during the War Between the States. The monument will be a 380-acre site in Kentucky to… »

  • Black Southerners
  • Michael Martin
  • Southern Military Tradition

Lessons in Conservatism from Andrew Johnson

By Michael Martin

Andrew Johnson was born into poverty in rural North Carolina. His father died after saving some town locals from drowning and left the family to fend for themselves in a two-room shack. A young Andrew… »

  • Andrew Johnson
  • Michael Martin
  • Reconstrution

The Sounds of Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta

By Michael Martin
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  • 2018 Summer School: Southern Identity Through Southern Music
  • Michael Martin

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