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For the first time Congress has made an exception to the rule of two statues per state in statuary hall in the capitol. They have ruled to give Rosa Parks a statue. This exception was made because Alabama did not want to make her one of their statues. Does this say anything about the "new south" 50 years later?

Who's statue did Alabama favor? Bull Connor?

For the first time Congress has made an exception to the rule of two statues per state in statuary hall in the capitol. They have ruled to give Rosa Parks a statue. This exception was made because Alabama did not want to make her one of their statues. Does this say anything about the "new south" 50 years later?

Do you have a news article? I need more info!

Who's statue did Alabama favor? Bull Connor?
Probably Rush Limbaugh.

Maybe she's difficult to carve, or just not photogenic (statuegenic?) enough. Or maybe they want to spend their budget on something more important, like education. Not everything can be attributed to racism.

Rosa Parks didn't do much. It was the people who made the boycott work who suffered. For nearly 400 days, they carpooled, walked, or got to work and back in any way they could.

All she did was sit on the bus! We Comanches scalped the whites, kidnapped their children, and raised them as Comanches! Now that's stickin' it to the causasoids.:)

Well, thank God I don't plan to move to Alabama...

Rosa Parks didn't do much. It was the people who made the boycott work who suffered. For nearly 400 days, they carpooled, walked, or got to work and back in any way they could.

Indeed. But she was the symbol of that boycott.

Yeah? Well a pelican is the symbol for Vlassic Pickles, but there ain't not statue of him...;)

Alabama honors Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry and Joseph Wheeler.

Perhaps they could put Park's statue somwhere else, that will end the debate.

Alamaba is justifiably angry at Rosa Parks, she effectively put the last nail in the "states' rights" coffin by starting the movement which led the government to overturn the racist laws supported by local majorities in the south.

This is one more reason to venerate her heroic role.

For the first time Congress has made an exception to the rule of two statues per state in statuary hall in the capitol. They have ruled to give Rosa Parks a statue. This exception was made because Alabama did not want to make her one of their statues. Does this say anything about the "new south" 50 years later?
Not really, no. :p

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, born in Lincoln County, Georgia, on June 5, 1825, grew up in Alabama and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1843. While studying at Harvard Law School, Curry was inspired by the lectures of Horace Mann and became an advocate of free universal education. He served in the Mexican War; in the Alabama State Legislature in 1847, 1853, and 1855; in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1857-1861; and in the Confederate Congress. As a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army, he was a staff aide to General Joseph E. Johnston and General Joseph Wheeler.

After the war he studied for the ministry and became a preacher, but the focus of his work was free education in the South. He traveled and lectured in support of state normal schools, adequate rural schools, and a system of graded public schools. He was president of Howard College, Alabama, and a professor at Richmond College, Virginia. From 1881 until his death he was agent for the Peabody and Slater Funds to aide schools in the South and was instrumental in the founding of the Southern Education Board.

Curry served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Spain during 1885-1888 and as ambassador extraordinary to Spain on the coming of age of King Alfonso in 1902. His publications include works on education, American government, and Spanish history. He was awarded the Royal Order of Charles III and several honorary degrees. Curry died on February 12, 1903, and is buried in Richmond, Virginia.



Joseph Wheeler was born near Augusta, Georgia, on September 10, 1836. An 1859 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he resigned from the Army to join the Confederate forces in 1861 and rose rapidly to the rank of lieutenant general. Nicknamed "Fighting Joe," Wheeler was considered by General Robert E. Lee to be one of the two most outstanding Confederate cavalry leaders and saw action in many campaigns, including the opposition to Sherman's advance on Atlanta.

After the war he became a planter and a lawyer. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives during 1881-1882, 1883, and 1885-1900; there he strove to heal the breach between the North and the South and championed economic policies that would help the South. In 1898 Wheeler volunteered for the Spanish-American war. He was appointed major general of volunteers by President McKinley, saw action as a cavalry commander in Cuba, and was a senior member of the peace commission. He later commanded a brigade in the Philippine Insurrection in 1899-1900, where he was commissioned a brigadier general in the U.S. Regular Army.

Wheeler was also the author of several books on military history and strategy and civil subjects. He died on January 25, 1906, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Alamaba is justifiably angry at Rosa Parks, she effectively put the last nail in the "states' rights" coffin by starting the movement which led the government to overturn the racist laws supported by local majorities in the south.

This is one more reason to venerate her heroic role.

I do believe this is what our Founding Fathers called...a "bitchslap".

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, born in Lincoln County, Georgia, on June 5, 1825, grew up in Alabama and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1843. While studying at Harvard Law School, Curry was inspired by the lectures of Horace Mann and became an advocate of free universal education. He served in the Mexican War; in the Alabama State Legislature in 1847, 1853, and 1855; in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1857-1861; and in the Confederate Congress. As a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army, he was a staff aide to General Joseph E. Johnston and General Joseph Wheeler.

After the war he studied for the ministry and became a preacher, but the focus of his work was free education in the South. He traveled and lectured in support of state normal schools, adequate rural schools, and a system of graded public schools. He was president of Howard College, Alabama, and a professor at Richmond College, Virginia. From 1881 until his death he was agent for the Peabody and Slater Funds to aide schools in the South and was instrumental in the founding of the Southern Education Board.

Curry served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Spain during 1885-1888 and as ambassador extraordinary to Spain on the coming of age of King Alfonso in 1902. His publications include works on education, American government, and Spanish history. He was awarded the Royal Order of Charles III and several honorary degrees. Curry died on February 12, 1903, and is buried in Richmond, Virginia.



Joseph Wheeler was born near Augusta, Georgia, on September 10, 1836. An 1859 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he resigned from the Army to join the Confederate forces in 1861 and rose rapidly to the rank of lieutenant general. Nicknamed "Fighting Joe," Wheeler was considered by General Robert E. Lee to be one of the two most outstanding Confederate cavalry leaders and saw action in many campaigns, including the opposition to Sherman's advance on Atlanta.

After the war he became a planter and a lawyer. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives during 1881-1882, 1883, and 1885-1900; there he strove to heal the breach between the North and the South and championed economic policies that would help the South. In 1898 Wheeler volunteered for the Spanish-American war. He was appointed major general of volunteers by President McKinley, saw action as a cavalry commander in Cuba, and was a senior member of the peace commission. He later commanded a brigade in the Philippine Insurrection in 1899-1900, where he was commissioned a brigadier general in the U.S. Regular Army.

Wheeler was also the author of several books on military history and strategy and civil subjects. He died on January 25, 1906, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
In other words, Alabama would rather keep two symbols of their racist and treasonous heritage in statuary hall in Washington than honor a symbol of the civil rights movement. Yep, I'd say little has changed in Alabama.

In other words, Alabama would rather keep two symbols of their racist and treasonous heritage in statuary hall in Washington than honor a symbol of the civil rights movement. Yep, I'd say little has changed in Alabama.
90% of Alabama is still living in the 1950s. And the career politicians are living in whatever era they started their career in, because you know they havn't seen the light of the real world for decades.

90% of Alabama is still living in the 1950s. And the career politicians are living in whatever era they started their career in, because you know they havn't seen the light of the real world for decades.
Trust me, I know. I grew up in Louisiana and my ex is in Mississippi, and little has changed there either.

Trust me, I know. I grew up in Louisiana and my ex is in Mississippi, and little has changed there either.
And sadly, the people who were alive back then are raising their kids now to be just as racist and bigoted. It almost makes you long for the composure and relative intelligence of the neo-nazis.

Not really surprising to hear this would come out of the state that tries to avoid funding their own public schools.

Not really surprising to hear this would come out of the state that tries to avoid funding their own public schools.
Only going by what's been posted here, since I don't know anything about it-

That seems kinda funny since one of the statues was a guy who advocated public education.

And sadly, the people who were alive back then are raising their kids now to be just as racist and bigoted. It almost makes you long for the composure and relative intelligence of the neo-nazis.

You know what is sad... I would almost agree with this but for one thing, guess where those kids raised by the bigots will wind up?

Yep you guessed right, the American Nazi Party!!!


Yay racist! *dripping with sarcasim*