News From Around the South, 4/8 to 4/15

News From Around the South, 4/8 to 4/15

FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, from eight communities eager to be the home of a new state institution....
News From Around the South 5/2 to 5/9

News From Around the South 5/2 to 5/9

MISSOURI — Battle of Carthage Re-Enactment Set CARTHAGE, Mo. — On July 5, 1861, the quiet prairie and farmland around the tiny community of Carthage was rocked by the sounds of cannon, muskets, soldiers yelling and horses galloping in what many say was the first...
News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16

News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16

SOUTH CAROLINA: Confederate Group Criticizes Marine Plan To Ban Paraphernalia CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Marine Corps’ top officer is hoping to ban all Confederate paraphernalia from its bases worldwide, a decision that has agitated one of South Carolina’s largest...