Confederate

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May 17, 2017
The city of New Orleans began removal of a statue of Gen. P.G.T Beauregard, a Confederate general--the third out of…
November 18, 2016
Appointing Jeff Sessions to the position of attorney general is like hiring an arsonist for fire chief.
November 14, 2016
If you are shocked about Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, don't be. Because it is more shocking that…
October 21, 2015
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Student senators at the University of Mississippi voted Tuesday night to ask the school administration to…
October 12, 2015
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Civil-rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams, Mississippi-born rapper David Banner and a prominent South Carolina lawmaker are calling…
September 22, 2015
The Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality were speaking out at a rally protesting the 2015 UCI Road World Championships…
August 31, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A statue of the president of the secessionist pro-slavery southern states was removed from its pedestal…
August 14, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the…
May 12, 2015
DALLAS (AP) — Pity Jefferson Davis, if you will. Vandals have defaced his statue on the University of Texas campus...
February 7, 2013
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park…
March 14, 2012
Glenn McConnell, the new lieutenant governor of South Carolina, has a fondest for recreating Confederacy-era dress and culture...
November 10, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas board has decided the state won't issue specialty Confederate license plates...
September 15, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina State Senator Glenn McConnell maintains that rather than disparage people of color; the event gave…
April 14, 2010
OPINION - There are two ways that the black community and their progressive allies can use this controversy to move…
April 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation…
April 7, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Black members of Virginia's General Assembly, all Democrats, called the proclamation offensive and disturbing...
April 6, 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his…
August 13, 2009
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge says a Tennessee school's ban on Confederate clothing was a reasonable attempt to…
August 6, 2009
When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history…
June 11, 2009
It’s a symbol of history — but also of hate. Some 150 years after the Civil War, the confederate flag