Two Iowa police officers were shot and killed while sitting in their cars on Wednesday in two separate shootings that took place 20 minutes apart in different locations.
Dr. Jamal Bryant and Attorney Carlos Moore lead the “Take it Down” Confederate Flag rally this week in Jackson to challenge Gov. Phil Bryant’s ruling to…
https://twitter.com/MegPace/status/646349650790891520 The NAACP chapter in Jefferson County, Ala. is arguing that a mural depicting slaves picking cotton while a White overseer watches should be removed from the county courthouse, Think Progress reports. The mural, made to represent the “Old South,” was installed at the entrance of the building in 1934; a time when Black people were […]
Sarah Palin is the next public figure to speak up about the confederate flag, Planned Parenthood and African Americans via Facebook. Palin went on to with a multitude of other post against Planned Parenthood and other groups. The other side of the argument has been that Planned Parenthood provides countless amount of […]
“They took our flag, so be it. They’re taking our heritage from us. They’re taking the freedom out of America.”—William Bader, an imperial wizard of…
And, the Confederate flag protest continues… People continue to protest the Confederate flag. On Tuesday, there was a two hour protest at the Sutherlin Mansion and…
Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb said the Democratic party has “moved way far to the left,” in an interview with Fox News Sunday; he also backed southern…
According to CNN, it took just a few minutes, simultaneously somber and festive, to put a bookend on the Confederate flag’s 54-year run at the South Carolina Capitol grounds. A crowd of hundreds erupted in cheers, and sang a farewell refrain more associated with sports arenas, as uniformed highway patrol officers lowered the flag from […]
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 in four Southern states and Ohio, according to The Huffington Post. At least three of the fires are the subjects of arson investigations, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The two people arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the front of the South Carolina Statehouse have been released from…
Many people have been wondering why the Confederate flag is still flying high in the wake of the murders of 9 people at a historical Black church in Charleston. Well, I’m not sure what has changed the minds of those in government, but according to CNN, Gov. Nikki Haley of S.C. has just requested that […]
The National Action Network of Los Angeles, national civil rights group founded by Rev. Al Sharpton calls for a national boycott of hip hop superstar Kanye West’s new clothing line featuring the confederate flag symbol which is a disgrace. Many of our ancestors were brutalized, kidnapped , raped, and murdered during slavery under this flag. Per Rev. […]
