Houston school district approves $1.2 M to rename schools honoring the Confederacy. The divisive plan goes into effect for the 2016-17 school year.
Mississippi's governor signed a proclamation declaring April Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation tries to justify the celebration, but is silent on slavery.
A Republican lawmaker from Georgia, who was criticized last week for saying the Ku Klux Klan was not racist, has now withdrawn his name from several bills he sponsored to honor the Confederacy.
NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. South Carolina Removes The Confederate Flag From…
There are many Americans in this day and age that have no clue about history, nor do they understand the realities that have shaped American…
Weeks after a gunman shot nine people in a racially fueled attack on Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME church, South Carolina lawmakers are set to debate…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was at the center of an act of vandalism when a Confederate statue was tagged with graffiti over the holiday…
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the country’s most lauded citizens, will be finally honored by his home state with…
President Barack Obama brought the nation to its feet Friday when he eulogized Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the South Carolina state senator killed during last week’s…
A week after the racially-fueled shooting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that left nine dead, including South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney, members of the Ku Klux Klan…
Symbols Matter. Words Matter. That’s what one local entrepreneur, Frank Scurlock, reminded us of when he paid for skywriting during Jazz Fest. New Orleanians looked…
SHREVEPORT, LA-Felton Dorsey, an African American who was convicted of murder in 2009, wants the conviction overturned because the judge only selected one Black juror and because the confederate flag, “The quintessential symbol of white supremacy” flies over the courthouse he was convicted in. The Wall Street Journal reports: The flag “is a symbol of […]
