Published August 13, 2009, 03:21 PM
A modern South marks Civil War's 150th Anniversary
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — To mark the Civil War's centennial 50 years ago, some whites donned Confederate uniforms or hoop skirts and paraded to sentimental notions of the Old South, partly in answer to the civil rights struggle exploding around them. Blacks quietly met apart to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation.By: Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Worthington Daily Globe
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