News From Around the South 6/29 to 7/6
NORTH CAROLINA: City Pulls Down Signs With Confederate Battle Flag HIGH POINT, N.C. — The City of High Point has taken down signs bearing the Confederate battle flag along High Point roads in the wake of the killing of nine people in the Emanuel African Methodist...News From Around the South 6/22 to 6/29
SOUTH CAROLINA: Gov. Haley: Time to move Confederate flag from Capitol grounds COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol following the fatal shooting...
Most Segregated Cities in the South?
For most of U.S. history, people of different races have lived on separate streets, gone to separate schools and occupied separate parts of town. In the South, racial segregation was once the law of the land. While the region has made progresstoward integration in...
News From Around the South 5/4 to 5/11
SOUTH CAROLINA: State Offices Closed for Confederate Memorial Day COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – State offices across South Carolina are closing for Confederate Memorial Day. The holiday itself was Sunday, marking 152 years since Southern Gen. Stonewall Thomas...
News From Around the South 4/27 to 5/4
TENNESSEE: Knoxville Protesters Stand in Unison With Baltimore KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Some University of Tennessee students and Knoxville community members are standing in solidarity with protesters in Baltimore. They showed that support Saturday afternoon at a...Obiter Dicta
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