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What did they call Steve Perry (Eberhart)?
I picked up this little screenshot from one of the Facebook pages devoted to spreading the myth of the black Confederate. This is Steve Perry, who actually went by Steve Eberhart when attending Confederate Veterans’ reunions....
I have yet to find a single reference to Perry as a “Confederate” or anything else that suggests that white Southerners viewed him or any other former camp slave as a soldier....
No number of Facebook 'likes', 'shares' or virtual hand slapping in the comments section will change the fact that Perry (Eberhart) was never acknowledged as a Confederate during his life time. Spend enough time in Eberhart’s world and it becomes clear that he understood this. It also becomes clear that he took full advantage of the role that he understood white Southerners wanted him to play.
http://cwmemory.com/2016/12/09/what-did-they-call-steve-perry-eberhart/
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It took me about five minutes to find this article-
Confederates Honored in Special Assembly at North High School
Amid the waving of flags and the strains of "Dixie." North Dallas High School received Confederate veterans from nine States at a special assembly at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning in the school auditorium.
E. B. Comstock, principal, expressed his pleasure at having as guests of the school these makers of history. Nathan Cole, recent winner of the Harvard Club prize for the "best all-round" junior boy, welcomed the visitors.
Miss Mary Belle Smith of the department of physical training presided and introduced the guests, among whom were Gen. Felix Robertson, Maj. Gen. McLaurin of South Carolina and Henry C. Ford, father of C. L. Ford, mathematics teacher at North Dallas High. A number of the old soldiers spoke briefly of their war experiences. [lead-in to the next paragraph:]
Uncle Billy from Waco, 92 years old, was introduced amid loud applause, as was also the grandfather of Dixie McManis, a North Dallas student. Steve Eberhart, Negro bodyguard from Georgia, spoke to the students.
The presentation of colors by R. O. T. C. officers was an impressive feature of the program.
The North Dallas Orchestra furnished the music for the occasion.
Dallas Morning News, May 22, 1925 (Part 2, page 13)