I’m sorry… “Lintheads”? (with Trey Ward)
What is “true conservatism”? We find out from Trey Ward, a local musician, civil rights activist and former Republican operative in South Carolina!
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Opening Banter (0:00:00)
Introduction (00:00:56)
- Oliver Danner speaks about anti-trans lawmakers citing bad science to support their position. [YouTube]
- Oliver Danner gives a college graduation sermon [YouTube]
Your South Carolina Lawmakers at Work (00:08:40)
- Activists’ push for near-total abortion ban leads to split among SC Republicans [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
- SC legislator loses leadership role, asks to be reassigned, in another GOP spat [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
- Students for Life flyer
- McCravy fundraising mailer [front, back]
- Statement regarding censure motion against Rep John McCravy from Rep Hamilton Grant
- Democrats call for censure of SC GOP legislator [ABC15 News]
- H. 4556 Censure of House member
Interview with Trey Ward (00:26:49)
- Lintheads [South Carolina Encyclopedia]
- A History of Mill Villages in Greenwood and Ninety-Six, South Carolina [Local History Matters]
- Original plaque of those lost from Greenwood in the World Wars, segregated [The Historical Marker Database]
- The Story of "Fired up! Ready to go!" [YouTube]
- South Carolina War Plaques Are 'Glorifying Segregation,' Mayor Says [NBC News, 2015]
- Greenwood resident: I violated Heritage Act [Index Journal, 2018]
- South Carolina Heritage Act [Wikipedia]
- After 54 years, Confederate flag comes down in S.C. [CBS News]
- South Carolina still recognizes Confederate Memorial Day. Make it stop [The State]
- The tragic story of Isaac Woodard [Wikipedia]
- Check out the album, “A Man Who's Never Plowed” by The Trey Ward Band featuring the song “Greenwood Mill”.
Closing (01:01:35)
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