A group of 15 white men who support the display of the Confederate Battle flag have been indicted as a street gang for allegedly threatening unarmed black people who were attending a child's birthday party in Georgia last summer.
Blacks and Hispanics believe racism is a big problem in society, according to a Pew report, which also shared that Hispanics are largely unaware of the Confederate flag debate.
Surveillance captures two men placing confederate flags on the grounds of two of Atlanta's most distinguished African-American landmarks earlier this week.
An African American group and a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan were both scheduled to hold demonstrations at the same time around the grounds of the South Carolina State House on Saturday.
Almost three weeks after the June 17 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, the national debate over Confederate symbolism continued in the Palmetto State's legislature, the University of North Carolina (UNC) campus and a Minnesota parade of volunteer firefighters.
Former Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Webb is seeking his party’s nomination for the presidency.
The 69-year-old Missouri native announced that he was throwing his hat in the ring on Thursday via his website, saying, "I understand the odds, particularly in today's political climate where fair debate is so often drowned out by huge sums of money."
Activist Brittany "Bree" Newsome is being hailed as a hero for climbing up a 30-foot flagpole outside the South Carolina State Capitol building and physically removing the Confederate battle flag on Saturday.
Although it will be several months before “Scandal” fans get to see Joe Morton’s “Papa Rowan” character deliver one of his characteristically smooth and caustic monologues, the Emmy award winning actor reprised his role on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.”
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter criticized Republican Gov. Nikki Haleys decision to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina's statehouse on Tuesday, calling her an immigrant who does not understand American history.
The Republican speaker of Mississippi's House of Representatives on Monday called for the Confederate battle emblem to be removed from the Magnolia State's flag.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz thinks it ought to be up to South Carolinians whether the Confederate battle flag should continue to form part of a state house memorial in Columbia; the Texas senator noted that he understood "both sides" of the debate.
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley (R) is creating a plan with state House leaders to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state House grounds following a national debate on the issue.
The efforts of a South Carolina mayor trying to alter a war memorial, which separates fallen soldiers into "white" and "colored" veterans, have been stifled by a state law that prohibits changes to historical markers without legislative approval.
A San Jose State University foundation board member and donor claimed that Latinas do not have the DNA to be successful, sparking a protest against their offensive comments on the school's campus.
After a review into the allegations that three Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity members from the University of Mississippi tied a noose around the neck of a campus statute of James Meredith, an iconic civil rights activist, the fraternity decided Thursday to shut down the Ole Miss chapter.
