Dylann Roof's writings were alarming enough, but a photograph of the white supremacist holding a Confederate battle flag and a handgun was hauntingly prescient. In June 2015, Roof gunned down nine ...

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed or renamed. More than 2,000 Confederate symbols, including 685 monuments, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors ...

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WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should ...

A majority of Southerners now view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, a major reversal over a flag that up until very recently most Americans just ...

The nation watched in horror as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, swarming police officers and vandalizing a federal building. Amid the chaos and sea of American flags and flags ...

The Confederate battle flag is now effectively banned from almost all places on military installations. (David Goldman/AP) The conversation around what the Confederate flag represents and whether it’s ...

Flags atop Georgia's state Capitol fly at half staff in Atlanta on Feb. 4, 2006. In late June, as many people across the United States took a renewed look at the nation’s history of racism, ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center said more “symbols of hate” were removed from public property last year after the death of George Floyd than in the previous four years combined. By Neil Vigdor and ...