One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

New claims are swirling on social media about federal websites' icons and banners. Chili’s is seeing a surge in popularity, ...

The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...

America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure died at ... shows how members of the Black Panther Party organized Puerto Rican radicals and Confederate flag-waving white Southerners ...

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Gary Ross’ ‘Free State of Jones’ is a dramatization of a revolt during the American Civil War, led by Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey). He deserted his Confederate troops after the Second Battle of ...