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WASHINGTON (AP) - Confederate officers thought nothing of leaving important documents where Scobell could see them, or discussing troop movements…
Confederate law prohibited slaves from serving as soldiers until March 1865, when it was changed in a last-gasp effort to…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - They started at a fountain where slaves were once sold, past the church that Martin Luther…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Monday's ball is like having a dance to celebrate the attack on Pearl Harbor, said Lonnie…
OPINION - He, like so many other black men, will serve time for an offense that would typically result in…
OPINION - What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The new version of "Our Virginia: Past and Present" will correct a sentence that inaccurately claims…


The Myth of the Black Confederate has found a home primarily in Lost Cause circles, particularly Southern heritage groups like…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Students at the University of Mississippi have picked the Rebel Black Bear as their new mascot...
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The role of black Civil War troops in gaining the freedom of black Americans was…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -The Virginia-based Kappa Alpha Order issued new rules to chapters earlier this year saying members aren't allowed…
OPINION - There are two ways that the black community and their progressive allies can use this controversy to move…
OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Under pressure from critics, Gov. Bob McDonnell called it a "major omission" not noting slavery in…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Black members of Virginia's General Assembly, all Democrats, called the proclamation offensive and disturbing...
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his…