Eric IX
Eric IX (Eric the Saint), d. 1160, king of Sweden. He led (1157?) a Christian crusade to Finland, where he left the bishop of Uppsala in charge of missionary work. While attending mass he was killed by a Danish prince. Soon afterward the people began to revere him as a saint, and c.1290 he became the patron saint of Sweden. Feast: May 18.
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Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy...political career of South Carolina's Benjamin Ryan Tillman, historians have characterized him...scholarly works, interpretations of Tillman often remain fixated on his frequently...
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News and Views: Ben Tillman; Memories of an Agrarian Racist
Newspaper article from: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The; 8/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...News and Views: Ben Tillman; Memories of an Agrarian...s "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman led a populist revolt...half-century later, Tillman used white hatred for...blacks the right to vote. Benjamin Ryan Tillman was born in 1847...
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OP-Ed; Rebel banner isn't racist . . .(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 4/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...larger-than-life statue of Benjamin Ryan Tillman. An inscription on the base reads...S. senator, Pitchfork Ben Tillman was an early 20th-century populist...Easter Bunny. On March 23, 1900, Tillman addressed the Senate in defense...
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8 months of dirt-slinging
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...On Feb. 22, 1902, Sens. Benjamin Ryan Tillman and John Lowndes McLaurin, who...Senate floor. This happened after Tillman said McLaurin's vote on a treaty...into presidential politics, and Tillman warned President Teddy Roosevelt...
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BUSINESS STUDENT EARNS TOP ACADEMIC AWARD AT COMMENCEMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/20/2008; 311 words
; ...Easley, S.C., received the Tillman Award at Winthrop University...20 at Winthrop Coliseum. The Tillman Award is the university's highest...honor former S.C. Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman, the award recognizes the graduate...
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Celebrating 100 years of the South Carolina Historical Magazine
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...state's white minority was shaken in 1890, when Benjamin Ryan Tillman of Edgefield County led a successful revolt within...buggy state government that bedevils us still today. Tillman was a product of his times, the economic hard times...
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Pitchfork politics? You can look it up
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/21/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...others have written down. But find him, I did. Benjamin Ryan Tillman was the name. Anger was the game -- with a healthy...different from himself thrown in. "Pitchfork' Ben Tillman was his nom de guerre (learned that from a Quebcois...
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Stand and Deliver; How African American teachers in the South undermined Jim Crow.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...blacks, ushered in a grim era that lasted into the 1940s. "When you educate a negro," South Carolina Sen. Benjamin Ryan Tillman argued, "you educate a candidate for the penitentiary or spoil a good field hand." Mississippi Gov. James...
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Balanced Bobcats impressive in season opener
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/13/2006; ; 621 words
; ...frontcourt counterparts Jerome Tillman and Kenneth van Kempen...him up with a Jerome Tillman and a Kenneth van Kempen...opening up the game was Tillman, who also had a double...against Marists Wilfred Benjamin (42) and Ryan Stilphen (32) to contribute...
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Honor roll: OLD MILL MIDDLE NORTH
Newspaper article from: Maryland Gazette; 5/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...Saadia Gondal, Benjamin Hallam, Myung In...Calvin Glover, Jr., Ryan Halpin, Lindsay...Thompson, Jessica Tillman, Leah Travers...Margarita Urbina, Ryan Vay, Carrie Waner...Ericka Walker, Benjamin Walther, David White...Vincent Caprio, Ryan Caterisano, Chelsea...
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Benjamin Ryan Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), an American statesman for the South and a demagogue, was known as "Pitchfork Ben." His political campaigns on behalf of poor whites gave direction to a new generation of Southern...
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