Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed or renamed. More than 2,000 Confederate symbols, including 685 monuments, ...

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A woman caught saying "KKK beliefs" while waving the Confederate flag has apologized and said she "blacked out" and didn't fully understand the meaning behind the flag. In the now-viral video, Kathy ...

More than 160 Confederate symbols came down last year after the killing of George Floyd prompted a nationwide reckoning with racism. That count comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which ...

Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued guidance on Friday that effectively banned Confederate flags at military installations, although it never once mentions the word "Confederate." The memo comes as ...

WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should ...

A majority of Southerners now view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, a major reversal over a flag that up until very recently most Americans just ...

In July 1944, one month after the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, the 79th Infantry Division drove Nazi troops out of the French town La Haye-du-Puits. A young officer from Chattanooga, ...

Mississippi has made it official: The state’s flag, which bears the familiar cross of the Confederate battle flag, will officially be changed. The state’s Republican governor signed the decision into ...

White students at Coosa High School in Georgia waved the Confederate flag and hurled racial slurs leading up to homecoming. The students with the Confederate flag did not face repercussions. School ...

In late June, as many people across the United States took a renewed look at the nation’s history of racism, legislators in Mississippi voted yea on House Bill 1796, replacing the state flag. With ...

The nation watched in horror as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, swarming police officers and vandalizing a federal building. Amid the chaos and sea of American flags and flags ...