MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Thanks, Christiane. Jill Lepore, thanks so much for talking with us. JILL LEPORE, STAFF WRITER, “THE NEW YORKER”: Thank you for having me. MARTIN: Your recent piece for ...
Even Jim Crow Alabama couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for Jefferson Davis. When an Alabama House representative filed a bill in 1900 to make his birthday a holiday, the Birmingham Post-Herald called it ...