Confederacy

THE BUZZ! NAACP PRESIDENT CALLS OUT SOUL FEST FOR RACIST LOCALE First, A case of good event, not so good venue. atlanta NAACP chapter President, Richard Rose, is not a fan of the Soul Fest’s controversial venue in Atlanta. The festival is a large annual event featuring a wide range of Soul and R&B across […]

NY Governor Cuomo Accuser Who Filed Criminal Report to Give Televised Interview  So last week one of New York Governor Cuomo’s Aides filed a complaint against him alleging that he groped her. That individual will be breaking her silence and speaking about the incident publicly for the first time on television.  Brittany Commisso who was identified only […]

Mississippi's governor signed a proclamation declaring April Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation tries to justify the celebration, but is silent on slavery.

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…

A week after the racially-fueled shooting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that left nine dead, including South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney, members of the Ku Klux Klan…

After the Civil War ended, the prison system in the former Confederate states was under pressure to figure out how to house convicts. Most of…