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...
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...
Texas board rejects Confederate license plates
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas board has decided the state won't issue specialty Confederate license plates...
GOP leader defends Antebellum costumes at party event
theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina State Senator Glenn McConnell maintains that rather than disparage people of color; the event gave a true reflection of the state's history...
How African-Americans can celebrate 'Confederate History Month'
OPINION - There are two ways that the black community and their progressive allies can use this controversy to move the ball forward on this issue...
Miss. gov says Confederacy flap not worth 'diddly'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation was a mistake...
Virginia celebrates 'Confederate History Month' after 8 year hiatus
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Black members of Virginia's General Assembly, all Democrats, called the proclamation offensive and disturbing...
'Confederate History Month' declared by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his two Democratic predecessors -- Mark Warner and Tim Kaine -- refused to do.
Judge defends school's ban on Confederate threads
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge says a Tennessee school's ban on Confederate clothing was a reasonable attempt to prevent disruptions because of previous racial threats at the school.
Unlikely transcribers at Confederate museum
When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history major with a keen interest in the South seized the opportunity.
Then the student from historically black North Carolina Central University in Durham let her colleagues know she would be doing her research at The Museum of the Confederacy.
