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Assault charge dismissed against confederacy supporter who harassed Black elected official, sang ‘Dixie’

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Residents of California school district want racially charged name changed…and they ain’t whistling ‘Dixie’

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

School board crowd boos NAACP for objecting to 'Dixie' fight song, Confederate mascot

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SAE fraternity has long racial past with roots in "Dixie land"

Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s international headquarters may be in Illinois, but the fraternity’s roots are firmly planted in the antebellum South. […]
/ March 11, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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…
/ January 22, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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…
/ December 20, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

KKK rally briefly before LSU-Ole Miss game

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday’s football game with No. 10 LSU…
/ November 22, 2009