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A Mississippi attorney has vowed to keep fighting his battle to have the rebel X removed from the state flag, citing as unconstitutional the hostile environment created by the flag’s ‘symbol of slavery’, despite the fact that a district judge has indicated no injury has been proven. The state’s governor has agreed with the judge. […]

According to one of the players on the team, the Seattle Seahawks have decided to lock arms and stand united as a team during the national anthem to honor those who have fought for their freedom, raising the possibility that announcing the move early in the day might set a template that other teams could

I read in this article about the confederate flag. This group is trying to bring justice to this flag and bring it back. To gain support from fellow community members they showed up with a confederate flag that stood a wopping 70 feet tall. This drew in many people who were curious and could help

The 1856 locomotive Texas spent 90 years on display in the basement of the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, Georgia. A historically significant railroad train, it was part of the Great Locomotive Chase in 1862. Since December 2015, the engine has undergone a $500,000 restoration. The Texas will be ready for its new home at

New Prairie High School has banned its students from flying the Confederate flag on campus. The school had received complaints form students and visitors about the presence of the confederate flag on school grounds. A group of students wanted to fly the Confederate flag because they see it as a symbol of southern pride, but

The constitutionality of the Mississippi state flag challenge in district court. Carlos Moore opened up a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi in regards to their flag. Moore argued that the Mississippi flag containing confederate battle emblem violated both the 13th and 14th amendment. U.S District Judge Carleton Reeves dismissed the case, but left the

Free speech is not so free in Lake Arrowhead as a group of high school students comes under attack for displaying confederate flags on their pickup trucks outside of the school. The matter was discussed at a school board meeting where former assemblyman Tim Donnely defends the students right to free expression. The students flying

San Francisco school board member Matt Haney is proposing that several schools in the area change their names. He suggests that schools named after Washington, Jefferson and other early American icons should be renamed because of these individuals’ tie to the slave trade. He suggests that the schools be renamed after such people as San