A National Conversation

ID: 414 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Cameron Herald, Cameron Texas
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A National Conversation

Headlines across the nation varied in tone. Many papers in northern states were critical of the action that happened in Waco. Papers in the South tended to denounce northern papers' attacks on southerners.

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By Kurt Terry
Society in the South evolved ensuing the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. The Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877 and only added to the bad racial tensions in the region. Whites instituted laws that held blacks back from education,…