Confederate past: Uproar over changing park names
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park bearing his name...
Utah college votes to keep 'Dixie' in name amid controversy
theGRIO REPORT - The board of trustees at a college in Utah has unanimously voted to keep the word "Dixie" in its name despite critics saying the word has a racially insensitive link with the Civil War-era Confederacy...
SC's new lieutenant gov plays Confederate dress-up
Glenn McConnell, the new lieutenant governor of South Carolina, has a fondest for recreating Confederacy-era dress and culture...
Bus driver suing in firing over Confederate flag
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A school bus company has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an Oregon driver fired for refusing to take a Confederate battle flag off his pickup truck while parked on school property...
Civil War museums changing as view on war changes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For some museums, that means more displays on African-Americans or exhibits on the roles women played as combatants and spies...
Missouri State University chief sorry band played 'Dixie'
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Missouri State University is apologizing after its band performed 'Dixie' at a site where three black men were lynched in 1906...
Perry opposes Confederate licenese plates in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Perry told Bay News 9's 'Political Connections' and the St. Petersburg Times on Wednesday, 'we don't need to be opening old wounds.'...
Perry once defended Confederate symbols
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas had a pair of bronze plaques with symbols of the Confederacy displayed in its state Supreme Court building...
Why conservatives ♥ celebrating confederates
OPINION - Scott and the other GOP governors pining for the Confederate past, has nothing to do honoring and preserving history, but inflaming a very real living political present...
Alabama still collecting tax for Confederate vets
MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. (AP) - The tax once brought in millions for Confederate pensions, but lawmakers sliced up the levy and sent money elsewhere as the men and their wives died...
