A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on a long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday over reviving a 2016 lawsuit filed by an African-American attorney, Carlos Moore. Moore contends the flag is […]
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There will now be a confederate flag day in Mesa. There was a recent parade in Mesa, Arizona to celebrate the flag. This is amidst a lot of debate on the flag and what it represents. Some people think it is negative and some think it is positive. The parade took place on March 4,
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One of the finest sailors America ever produced was Commander John Newland Maffitt, who began his career in the U.S. Navy. It was not long before he stablished himself as a highly respected officer. Not long after the Confederacy was formed, the U.S. government began secret arrests of those suspected of Southern sympathies. A friend
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In a victory for free speech, the Confederate battle flag won’t be banished from public schools in North Carolina’s Orange County. Despite pressure from the Northern Orange County NAACP chapter and local students and parents, school board members on Monday declined to adopt a system-wide ban on the rebel flag. That wise and prudent decision
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Despite an appeal last month from the Northern Orange NAACP chapter, the North Carolina school board has voted not to ban the Confederate flag from school grounds. Although parents complained about the presence of a Confederate flag they saw at their children’s school, the board stressed the importance of programmatic rather than banning a symbol. North
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There is a ton of controversy surrounding anything to do with the Confederate flag or the Civil War in general. People want to distance themselves from history because they find it shameful. It embarrasses them. This church is trying to do that by cutting ties with groups which want to honor it. They are trying
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Orange County schools will not move to ban the confederate flag. There have been a lot of complaints over the last few months from people that do not like the flag. The school board does not see why banning the flag would actually change anything. There are groups that really want to get rid of
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There is a lot of controversy around confederate symbols and monuments. There was a vote in Charlottesville to decide if a monument of Robert. E Lee should be removed from where it is. There is a lot of fear and ego involved in this stuff. There are people that want to keep the history as
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Despite two pleas from the local NAACP, The Orange County School Board of Education in Hillsborough has decided not to ban the confederate flag from school property. This is despite that fact that many parents and students are worried the flag, viewed as a racist symbol, can incite violence. The board has established an equity
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County Executive Ike Leggett’s office has announced that Rockville’s Confederate soldier statue is on the move. Currently situated next to the Old Red Brick Courthouse, its new home will be on private property at Dickerson’s White’s Ferry. United Daughters of the Confederacy donated the 20-foot statue to the county in 1913 as a way to
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