Alabama History Tour Skirts Slavery

Alabama History Tour Skirts Slavery

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Schoolchildren who visit the First White House of the Confederacy learn that its famous former resident, President Jefferson Davis, was leader of a “heroic resistance” who was “held by his Negroes in genuine affection as well...
News From Around the South 4/24 to 5/1

News From Around the South 4/24 to 5/1

FLORIDA: Town to Fly Confederate Flag at History Day BELLEVIEW, Fla. — A third flag will join the U.S. and Florida ones on Wednesday at Belleview’s City Hall to honor Confederate History Day. The third national Confederate flag, also known as the “blood-stained...
Monuments Disappearing

Monuments Disappearing

More than 150 years after the Civil War, there is a new push across the South to take down Confederate monuments. Officials in Austin, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky, have already voted to remove statues, and New Orleans is about to do the same. In Charlottesville,...