{"id":208740,"date":"2020-01-15T17:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/?page_id=208740"},"modified":"2023-10-05T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T21:49:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"208740\" class=\"elementor elementor-208740\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d77e693 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d77e693\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-355eb3c\" data-id=\"355eb3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38503c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d38503c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cWhere do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?\u201d\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464923e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"464923e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- Paul Gauguin<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ac8b1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ac8b1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maybe I was fool enough to give my life for the Confederacy, but I\u2019m not so dumb, deaf and blind not to see what\u2019s going on in this country today.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8fa513 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8fa513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As much as I\u2019m devoted to fighting the injustice still suffered by people of color in our country\u2014the result of our undeniably racist history, something that someone with a past like mine knows a lot about!\u2014with each passing day I grow more concerned about the social and economic inequality suffered by the vast majority of citizens, regardless of their skin color. \u00a0In a country that prides itself on liberty and justice for all, increasingly we settle for inequality for all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0384b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0384b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/inequality-for-all\/\">Read More about <i>Inequality<\/i> for All<\/a><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dbbfd2\" data-id=\"2dbbfd2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-979644c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"979644c\" 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elementor-element-f90c264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f90c264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This Ain't Your Grandfather's Confederate Bullshit!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d0151 elementor-grid-tablet-3 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"99d0151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-id=\"68c137ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/confronting-the-reality-of-white-privilege\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1106325086-768x512.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"shutterstock_1106325086\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConfronting the Reality of White Privilege\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-210179\" class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-210179 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop\" data-elementor-id=\"208894\" class=\"elementor elementor-208894 post-210179 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a91c8b0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3a91c8b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a9e95e5\" data-id=\"6a9e95e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68c137ab elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"68c137ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/what-the-covid-19-crisis-exposed\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/protests-in-america-768x512.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Protests in America\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat the COVID-19 Crisis Exposed\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d33e356 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d33e356\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b57cb4e\" data-id=\"b57cb4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b302cb elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"17b302cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/reparations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/reparations_shutterstock_2058693905-768x530.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Washington,,Dc,-,Oct.,16,,2021:,White,House,In,Bg,\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Case for Reparations\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5579d57\" data-id=\"5579d57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145a42f elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"145a42f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tgp-front-page-tile.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"tgp-front-page-tile\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Perspective\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28ca033\" data-id=\"28ca033\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe66e4 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"ffe66e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/gun-violence-in-america\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/we-can-make-america-what-it-must-become\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1168257583-768x384.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"shutterstock_1168257583\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe Can Make America What it Must Become\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3051417\" data-id=\"3051417\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91cc49c elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"91cc49c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/books\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3-books-front-page-768x464.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"3-books-front-page\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload Book Excerpts\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3bd09a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c3bd09a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f30cc19\" data-id=\"f30cc19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fedb16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fedb16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d36e3e8\" data-id=\"d36e3e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5863e8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5863e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/blog\/\"><u>Read My Perspective on Our Country Toda<\/u>y<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a58d462\" data-id=\"a58d462\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2412f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2412f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-hang attachment-large size-large wp-image-208800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full.png 688w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617b6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"617b6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/blog\/\">\"The past is never dead. It's not even past.\"<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9ac1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed9ac1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-222362\" alt=\"William Faulkner crossed out and signed The Gallant Pelham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white.png 800w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white-768x288.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18fe8ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18fe8ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdc29ee\" data-id=\"fdc29ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f76f0 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63f76f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-908c1d2\" data-id=\"908c1d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129ba95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"129ba95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who\u2019s this handsome young white dude, and what\u2019s he doing dressed up like he\u2019s in the 19th century?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7eedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b7eedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PelhamResized.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12\" alt=\"The Gallant Pelham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PelhamResized.png 385w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PelhamResized-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66e4c7f\" data-id=\"66e4c7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b2c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61b2c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I\u2019m Colonel John Pelham, Confederate States of America, otherwise known as the \u201cgallant Pelham.\u201d<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f5bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f5bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>For me it all comes down to having wasted my life on behalf of the Confederacy<\/b>\u2014one of the worst causes that ever was. I can blame all sorts of people, including General Stuart and the highfalutin Southern society he introduced me to in Richmond, but ultimately I need to take responsibility for my own errors in judgment, of which there were many.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c7a62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02c7a62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I damn well allowed myself to become the Confederacy's Poster Boy.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43bfd39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43bfd39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Poster Boy\u201d is a term we didn\u2019t have in the 1860s, but it lends itself well here.\u00a0 There I was, fresh-faced, beardless John Pelham (when I died at age twenty-four, I still didn\u2019t have more than a smattering of peach fuzz over my upper lip) from the hill country of Alabama, and suddenly the South\u2019s finest were treating me like a prince. The \u201cPrince of the South\u201d is what they called me after the Battle of Fredericksburg, as if being dubbed the \u201cgallant Pelham\u201d by General Lee wasn\u2019t more than enough to inflate my ego, that terrible vanity of <a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/colonel-john-pelham-confederate-states-of-america\/\">mine<\/a>.<\/p><p>I never knew I could be so susceptible to flattery. We men are such weak, vulnerable creatures; women, too, for that matter; the whole human race, I suppose. They not only made me a hero, but everyone made a fuss over that boyish handsomeness of mine. Everyone exclaimed at how such an innocent looking boy could be responsible for so much killing. That was me, the perfect poster boy for the South\u2019s evil deeds.<\/p><p>I always knew slavery was wrong, <a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/days-of-the-cotton-kingdom\/\">that the plantation system and the Cotton Kingdom were evil<\/a>, but I sold out. Why? Because I was the vainest creature that ever lived. I was so vain that I had a calling card with my picture on it, that wonderful portrait taken by none other than Matthew Brady back in 1858. (The original, as shown above, now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.)<\/p><p>There was a time when I vowed to free the slaves on my family\u2019s cotton farm if it was the last thing I did. And through an ironic twist of fate\u2014that is, what happened at Gettysburg\u2014I thought I had succeeded. Unfortunately, however, the North may have won the war\u2014and the slaves were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/reconstruction-a-little-history-is-in-order\/\">but the South most certainly won the peace<\/a>.<\/p><p>Despite a terrible war that killed hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, black people suffered one hundred years of tyranny under <a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/the-age-of-jim-crow\">Jim Crow<\/a>. Even today, in my judgment, black people, as well as many other people of color, don\u2019t enjoy the same advantages as white Americans.\u00a0 I believe they call it nowadays, <a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/confronting-the-reality-of-white-privilege\/\">White Privilege<\/a>.\u00a0 I fully acknowledge that I fought for an awful cause when I joined the Confederate army, but I hate to think that I, along with so many others\u2014no matter what side fate might have had them fighting on\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/how-i-became-the-gallant-pelham\">may have died in vain<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66379f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66379f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This is my Story.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b52a5e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6b52a5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c3ab32\" data-id=\"3c3ab32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-63883cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63883cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0e1e4b\" data-id=\"d0e1e4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc2c40 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dc2c40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/colonel-john-pelham-confederate-states-of-america\/\">Read More About My Story.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-810eab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"810eab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Learn how I became the &#8220;gallant Pelham&#8221; and gain some insight into the history of racial injustice within America.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-73c75da\" data-id=\"73c75da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb83b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb83b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/colonel-john-pelham-confederate-states-of-america\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-hang attachment-large size-large wp-image-208800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full.png 688w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/next-icon-white-full-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62add6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a62add6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/blog\/\">\"The past is never dead. It's not even past.\"<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb4d686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb4d686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-222362\" alt=\"William Faulkner crossed out and signed The Gallant Pelham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white.png 800w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/William-Faulker-sig-white-768x288.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhere do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?\u201d &#8211; Paul Gauguin Maybe I was fool enough to give my life for the Confederacy, but I\u2019m not so dumb, deaf and blind not to see what\u2019s going on in this country today. As much as I\u2019m devoted to fighting the injustice still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Maybe I was fool enough to give my life for the Confederacy, but I\u2019m not so dumb, deaf and blind not to see what\u2019s going on in this country today.","_seopress_robots_index":"","pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208740","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208740"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225761,"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208740\/revisions\/225761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}