The South Carolina House voted early Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds after more than 50 years
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…
Hartland, MN firefighter who flew Confederate flag on fire truck has been suspended, @AP reports. http://t.co/AXwiwj151u — Chris Hrapsky (@ChrisHrapsky) July 5, 2015 A volunteer…
Amid the debate about what the Confederate flag stands for, a new poll reveals the majority of White Americans view the flag as a symbol of southern pride,…
Days after 30-year-old community organizer Brittany “Bree” Newsome scaled a 30-foot pole to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, the nation is still invigorated by her fearless and powerful action. Now, the North Carolina native, musician, and activist is speaking out about why she decided to take actions into her own […]
A week after nine people were assassinated at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a string of fires at Black churches have occurred
This needs to be a t-shirt, an album cover, a mural…. #freebree pic.twitter.com/7e6CmTqyNG — Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 27, 2015 They say if you want…
All four Confederate flags posted at Alabama state Capitol’s Confederate memorial were removed Wednesday morning following a quiet order from the state’s governor, Robert Bentley (R).…
Two of the nation's largest retail companies, Walmart and Sears, have announced that they will no longer carry merchandise bearing the Confederate flag, which
Protesters have been accused of defacing a Confederate statue in Charleston, South Carolina, reports the Huffington Post. The tagging was discovered over the weekend when Emanuel
Months before taking the lives of nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church, Dylann Roof visited the South’s most notorious slave plantations and landmarks, and then shared his experiences on his blog. According to Daily Mail: The 21-year-old posted images of himself visiting the sites steeped in racial history on his blog – where he also penned a ranting, […]
Republican Mitt Romney wants the Confederate Flag in South Carolina’s Capitol removed, as he believes it is a “symbol of racial hatred,” especially after the Charleston church shooting. Read more here. [Daily Mail] Russell Simmons is confident that Kim Kardashian would make a better president than Donald Trump. He tweeted to his followers: “Kim K being better president than […]
