He says he started the trip five years ago and has visited 77 cities so far on the trip. He walks 20 miles a day, six days a week.H.K. Edgertol carried a Confederate flag through downtown Shreveport Thursday. It was one more stop for Edgertol – who is black – on a trip to support what many consider a racist symbol. Edgertol is walking across the South from North Carolina to Austin, Texas. Edgertol said those who say the Confederate flag is racist don’t know anything about the symbol. He said many black men died under the flag, and that’s part of the reason he supports it. Before hitting Shreveport Edgertol said he stopped in Jena, which was the site of a massive civil rights rally this fall. – WDSU.com
For this man to say that “many black men died under the flag” is the supreme under statement of the year. What about the Confederate stance on slavery? That was quite clear. Crystal. Put the flag down, house negro. If you’re going to march around with a symbol of oppression and state sponsored racism…you’re wasting your time. Pick a new cause, it’s a new day.
“If you’re going to march around with a symbol of oppression and state sponsored racism…”
… then get rid of your christian crosses as well. Why reject the white man’s country yet embrace his religion?
Umm…since when did white people create Christianity? White people follow it, just like tons of other ethnicities…but they did not create it.
Your 1/2 brain is showing!
BLACK CONFEDERATES
Retired assistant school principal Nelson Winbush, 78, of Kissimmee, Fla., is an African American who has become a passionate promoter and historian of the Confederate States of America, even though it was that entity’s secession from the Union that sparked the Civil War. Winbush told the St. Petersburg Times for an October profile that his grandfather had fought for the South, not to retain slavery but because he thought the South was being overtaxed. Winbush became more aggressive in the 1990s, opposing campaigns to remove Confederate flags from government buildings in the South. He has declined to be drawn into the racial implications of the Confederacy, telling the Times,
“Black is nothing other than a darker shade of rebel gray.”
BLACK CONFEDERATES
J.J. Johnson offers running commentary on the Confederate flag issue in his Internet publication, the Sierra Times.
“I hope some black person is reading this right now and fuming,” he writes in one editorial. “If you think the Confederate flag is insulting to you, you are being used, or as we say it in the hood, you bein’ played — for a fool.”
H.K. Edgerton of North Carolina
“My march is a march of heritage, not one of hate, to bring an awareness of the pride we feel. [...] There are folks who look like me who care a lot about Dixie.”
He marched 1300 miles from North Carolina to Texas in Confederate Uniform carrying the Confederate Battle Flag. I have an autographed Confederate Battle Flag he sent me from this march.
“If every African-American would pick up the Confederate flag,” he proclaims, “I would say, ‘Free at last, free at last, God almighty, I am free at last.’”
Sovereign Solutions producer Rich Angell travels to Black Mountain, North Carolina, to meet the legendary H.K. Edgerton.
This is a 50 min video interview of The Man, H. K. Edgerton of North Carolina. You will be glad you watched it!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5884282247116339705&hl=en
Southern Heritage 411 believes that when the real truth is known about the War for Southern Independence, there will be a mutual understanding and a shared bond between the races that will result in improved race relations all over our nation.
http://www.southernheritage411.com/aboutus.shtml
http://www.southerngrace.biz/bonnieblue/13_hkedgerton.htm
Brothers of Colour
Camp Douglas SCV 1507
Black Rebels of the C.S.A.
http://www.thesouthernamerican.org/colour.html
http://www.dixieoutfitters.com/heritage/hke.shtml
ummm…see you could have enlightened me…but you chose to start out with an insult. Just as I would have expected from a brain washing house negro.
see sista, you insulted first, labeling Mr. Edgerton in a derogatory way! you are brainwashed and proprogandized so I doubt any light can get through. But just for kicks are you aware of the terrorism of symbols going around the world as we speak, below is some examples.
ATTACKING SYMBOLS is Terrorism in the 21st Century around the world. (and destruction of monuments)
“Clearly, the White House is the ultimate symbol. Bin Laden’s people are very interested in attacking symbols of the United States government”
NoMad MaN: Symbols of government.”They were attacking symbols of government.” It’s clear the terrorists were targeting symbols of power. (A terrorist motivation not often discussed in the …”
“An Orange Hall attacked in Portadown (the 2nd such attack in the area in 24 hours… they were attacking symbols of British culture, heritage and identity…”
“French Symbols Under Attack In Worst-Ever Race Crisis” – November 2, 2006 – The New York Sun.Terrorism | Visions of Osama bin Laden | Economist.com
“It has so far concentrated on attacking symbols of the Algerian state and foreign workers. If it exploits links to the large North African diaspora in …”
A Talk show host on the action figure G. I. Joe described how it was being given a new international look. G. I. Joe has been a symbol of our military for years and inspired many a child to enter the military. He said;
WHEN YOU ATTACK A SYMBOL you attack everything of value it stands for.
Help stop terrorism of our Southern symbols in the USA, Ask your Senator to Add Confederate Southern American and the Confederate Battle Flag to the hate crime bill.
There were 10 causes of Lincoln’s War. Google it.
The War was all about $$$$$ as all wars are! Don’t be played for the fool. Teach thyself!
John Remington Graham’s “Blood Money – The Civil War and the FEDERAL RESERVE. c2006
Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. of Minnesota in Banking and Currency, and the Money Trust, c1913. On page 102-103 he says “Rather than assume the care of the slaves, (when you couldn’t work they pitched you out without a dime-cajie) they would control labor with the use of capital……in order that they might enforce upon humanity the industrial slavery that the trusts preferred rather than the chattel slavery which then existed in the Southern States.”
John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) CSA War Clerk’ at the Confederate Capital, Richmond, VA; Editor of the “Madisonian”; Author of “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary”, 1866; CSA War Clerk’ at the Confederate Capital, Richmond, VA; Editor of the “Madisonian”in his books (1840-1850 novels) tirelessly and repeatedly connected government, business and banking. As early as the 1840s J. B. Jones was warning his readers to follow the money, to observe not only where it was going but where it had come from and what it was being used for.
Ron Paul in one of the debates said we should do away with the illegal Federal Reserve act of 1913 – so these issues our ancestors died for in their Second War of Independence are still around.
The CSA had plans to end slavery in a responsible way as South America did in the 1880s; NOT Lincoln’s way, Lincoln said “Let Them Root Hog or Die” (ala Reconstruction). (see the 1860 census for freed blacks in the South, black men of property in the CSA-approx. Only 5-10% of the all people owned slaves in the South and some of them were black or absent yankee owners).
Thanks for the history lesson. This is about one symbol…all the others are not mentioned in the article so I’m not going to debate all that.
I will NEVER celebrate the Conferderate Flag!! It is a symbol of untold pain, death, insult and anguish for my ancestors, my forefathers. You can’t present it in the way you note, not acknowledging that awful truth. The Confederacy at it’s heart and in it’s efforts was not in support of the black race and it’s liberation. That’s not a case that can be made.
According to Alexander Stephens (then-Vice President of the Confederate States of America):
the Confederacy was “founded . . . its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical and moral truth.”
The flag is a symbol of that type of thinking. It’s a symbol of that government.
Parts of political speeches made today by the democrats that say horrible untrue things about bush and others can be quoted, yet you go to the polls and vote for the dems in spite of what they said. Does that label all of the dems as haters? I am an Independent, I weigh both sides with true facts and not emotionalism. To do this the requirement is simple: gather all known facts and get to know these people, then put yourself in their place and time and judge not from a 2007 point of view.
The truth about “Little Aleck”
With the announcement of Lincoln’s election, South Carolina seceded from the union. Not over the issue of slavery, but because the Jacobins succeeded in taking the White House. They feared Lincoln and the Jacobins would push for complete centralization of authority under the central government and eliminate for all time the supra-authority of the States over the federal government.
While those who rewrite history single out a speech made by Confederacy Vice President Alexander Stephens—the Cornerstone Speech—as the reason the South seceded, the inaugural speech made by Jefferson Davis made it clear that the initial seven States seceded over the issue of States rights. Stephens’ Cornerstone Speech was made to slave holders in Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861, on the eve of the war, to raise money—and men—for the Confederate Army.
Read about his life and times in Wikepedia. An Excerpt below;
Picture of the The original Confederate Cabinet. L-R:
Judah P. Benjamin (the 1st JEW to ever hold office in America),
Stephen Mallory (Gov of Florida and descendant of a NE Yankee family whose wife was Spanish),
Christopher Memminger,
Alexander Stephens (Little Aleck-5 foot tall, 96 lbs. orator from Georgia-He graduated at the top of his class in 1832.During his thirty-two years of practice, he gained (among other things) a reputation for being a capable defender of the wrongfully accused. Of all his defendants charged with capital crimes, not one of them was executed. One notable case was the TRIAL OF A BLACK SLAVE WOMAN who was accused of attempted murder. Despite the circumstantial evidence presented against her, Stephens volunteered to defend her in court and successfully persuaded the jury to acquit the woman, thus saving her life.),
LeRoy Pope Walker,
Jefferson Davis (his statue was still standing with the Confederate Flag draped over his arm at Biloxi after Katrina- 2008 is the year of Jefferson Davis and the reopening of Bolivar),
John H. Reagan and
Robert Toombs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_Stephens
This just in from H. K.
MARCH ACROSS DIXIE REUNION FROM H.K.
On Thursday, December 6, 2007, I would resume the March Across Dixie Re-Union March approximately 10 miles from the Long Bridge in Shreveport, Louisiana. As I proceeded down highway 80 heading West, I would be stopped by a young police officer from Bossier City. After finding out that I was an outstanding citizen, and the reasons for a Black man to be dressed in a confederate uniform while brandishing the Confederate battle Flag he would smile and tell me to carry on. I would be visited by several more officers from Bossier City, as I fulfilled their request to pose for pictures. God bless these officers, for they would look out for me the entire journey to the bridge. I would hold conversations with many curious folks along the way as well as pose for pictures for them as I had done for the police officers. Several hours later I would arrive at the Long Bridge, and spend some moments on the bridge waving and basking in the ovation I would receive from those who pass me by.
As I cross the bridge and entered downtown Shreveport, I would be stopped by a very nice female officer from the Shreveport, who told me that someone had called the department and reported that a Black man dressed in a Confederate uniform and carrying a Confederate Flag and leaning over the bridge, and appeared somewhat distraught as if he was going to jump. I assured her that I had no intentions in doing that. After several moments of dialogue, she would give me a big hug, wish me Merry Christmas, and tell me to be careful, and that she would keep an eye out for me and my safety. I would commence to the end of the street (highway 80) and park myself outside the grand church at the streets end. After standing there for about an hour, I would be visited by a nice Reporter from channel 12 KLAS News. We would talk about my recent visit to Jena, Louisiana and the great ovation that I had received from the citizens there. He expressed some amazement that I could go to a place that appeared so volatile, and even more so that I would be brave enough to venture not only in Jena, but to where my path had brought me so far. The reporter and his cameraman would follow me back to the Confederate monument where he would interview several people along the way as to their thoughts about my mission and presence in Shreveport. I was only privy to the conversation that was given by a very intelligent and beautiful young Black woman, who expressed that she felt that I was very brave and was doing a very honorable thing. Channel 12 would air the interview on their evening, night and the following morning broadcast. Later that evening to a full house of the Richard Taylor Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, I would deliver a speech and receive a standing ovation from those present that included many of my compatriots and friends who like Commander Paul Gramling and his family who had walked twenty miles with me on the Historic March across Dixie.
On Friday December 7, 2007, at the request of Mr. Porter Dowling, I would stop at the private school, Central, in Greystone, Louisiana, (I may have the spelling wrong) as I headed for Mansfield. I would speak with the Headmaster, the History Teacher, and the Religion teacher for about an hour right outside the school. However, because the students were testing, I was unable to meet with them. I did receive an open invitation from all present to come again to the school. I would pose for several pictures, and present all with a copy of the Un-Civil War, written by my dear friend, Mike Scruggs, and one of my now famous shirts from Dixie Outfitters. I would be joined by a member of the Richard Taylor Camp who had ridden all the way to Mansfield on a bicycle so that he could march by my side. I would later be interviewed by a nice lady from the local paper in Mansfield; the Forum. Jena would again come up. She would present me with a copy of her paper that contained a story that she had written on Jena. It was a confirmation on all that I had learned about Jena; an honorable people had been wrongfully depicted as racist and their humble town tainted nationally by the implications. We would be joined later as I continued up Mansfield highway, by the Commander of the Richard Taylor Camp and others. We would pose for several pictures and have conversation with several more citizens. After the Commander left, I would spend a couple more hours outside the Mansfield Inn with my flag interacting with many of the citizens who expressed that they had seen me on the news, and were very impressed with my cause. None of the many that I would talk to, and pose for pictures had one negative thought. Later that evening while having dinner with Mr. Dowling and several other Sons, I would be embraced by an elderly couple and pose for pictures with them.
Saturday, December 8, 2007. I would make my way through downtown Logansport, receive several gifts from those who passed me by, to include a love package that contain oranges and vegetables from the gentleman and his wife that were selling vegetables and coon. They too would embrace me, and take pictures. I would cross the bridge into Texas, accompanied by Commander Dowling, his grandson Christopher, and several young girls, and others. I would be met in the middle of the bridge by a group of Re-enactors from Oklahoma in full dress who had come for this occasion. I would receive a gun salute at the river, and continue to Carthage, Louisiana (Texas) to the Catfish Inn where I would be hosted by the Texas Division of the Sons with State Lt. Commander Tommy Joe Holmes conducting. I would be presented the key to the City of Carthage by their Mayor and his beautiful wife. I would also be presented with donations for the Order of the Confederate Rose, the UDC and the Texas Division of the Sons. It just kept on getting better as I would be Knighted into the Sons of Confederate Veterans Texas Division, Texas Division Mounted Color Guard, Texas Order of Saint George, and be presented with their Medal of Honor; I later cried. After the completion of the evening’s event, I would be whisked away to the City of Marshall where alongside the Sons, the ladies of the Rose, the UDC, and many others, I would march in the cities Christmas Parade. There were many high moments in this parade; I would hug, pose for pictures, short conversations, but nothing could ever be as heart warming as all along the way I would shout out the Rebel Yell, and all the participants would shout it out in kind.
Monday, December 10, 2007, I would head down highway 20 West towards Dallas, Texas, where I would be scheduled to speak. However, finding a mighty nice bridge over the freeway about 70 miles from Dallas (VAN, Texas), I would plant myself there until I was visited by the local Police, who after checking me out, would pose for pictures, and wish me well. It has been a great time in Dixie!
HK Edgerton
Please help stop a monster that is using the pulpit to tear apart the very fabric of the Christian family and to spread his HATE agenda. Just one visit to Linwood Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA and you become aware that there really is a “Wolf in Sheep’s clothing” in the church. The Puerto Rican pastor, Eduardo Gonzalez, spills out hatred and disdain from the pulpit for the “White Man” and how the “Black Man” is killing off himself . At the same time, he arrogantly states how the “Puerto Rican Man” is greater than them all. This is often followed by his hatred speech for anyone that does not practice or believe his particular religious way. He uses manipulation and lies to further his selfish wicked agenda which is to destroy Christian families. He takes every available opportunity to publicly attack and criticize the character and integrity of those who leave and take with them their former financial support for his church. What can be done to stop this monster?
Mr. Edgerton is a man who deserves respect for trying to bring truth to those who refuse to accept it.
If you persist in using this lame excuse of the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism why stop there. You might as well add the US flag to your hate list. How many years did slavery exist in the north under this one?
The black man never could had freed himself from slavery,but he prayed for it. Through the foolishness of brothers from the north and south(migators from an other country) disputing over the bread, the prey was able to escape from his oppressor(the claws and jaws of the southern white man)hands. which say he intented to free the slaves, but I ask you will anyone let go something that profit him so greatly with out a fight. Many additional laws had to be made just to free and give the black race life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, other than bill of rights, and black man still struggle today for equity.