Every family has its' "black sheep"...
...even the incredibly-wealthy Lodges!
(From Archie's Joke Book Magazine #73 [1963])This never-reprinted strip was created during the 100th Anniversary of the Civil War, when Southerners were determined, in fact almost desperate, to rehabilitate their image.
Numerous movies and TV series portrayed the Confederates as noble, but misguided, and in some cases, objects of humor.
(Hey, if they could make the Nazis funny in Hogan's Heroes...)
The irony is that this was also the era of the creation and implementation of the Civil Rights Act, which brought out the worst in many White Southerners who were terrified at the concept of Black people being on a totally-equal level (socially and politically) with them!
It's also worth noting that, in this era, Republicans...the Party of Abe Lincoln...are the ones defending memorials to the "glory" of the Confederacy!
Truth is stranger than fiction!
It's also worth noting that, in this era, Republicans...the Party of Abe Lincoln...are the ones defending memorials to the "glory" of the Confederacy!
Truth is stranger than fiction!
