We're joined now by William Ferris. He's a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South. He has ...

WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — The confederate flag has been called a “symbol of human bondage and slavery”, 'an important symbol of southern heritage,' and a "deeply offensive symbol.” As ...

Kirt Moody, of Columbia, S.C. holds a sign during a rally to take down the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Statehouse, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. The shooting deaths of nine ...

The intensifying debate over the Confederate flag atop the South Carolina State House has landed the president of a Charleston liberal-arts college in some hot water. Last Thursday, Glenn McConnell, ...

One Republican politician isn’t too impressed with the recent, heated debate concerning the Confederate flag, calling it a “manufactured political crisis” meant to distract. Suggested Reading New ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Huckabee and other GOP presidential contenders are staying clear of the Confederate flag debate in South Carolina, saying it’s an issue that should be decided by the ...

*The South Carolina Senate has voted 37-3 to remove the Confederate flag from the pole on Statehouse grounds. …Now, it’s up to the House. The bill to remove the flag and the flagpole where it flies ...

Walmart is adding its bottom line to the current national debate surrounding the use of the Confederate flag, telling CNN that all merchandise bearing the controversial symbol will be removed from its ...

We are still fighting the Civil War, albeit bloodlessly. Questions that should have been laid to rest long ago-such as why the war happened and what its legacy means for modern Americans-are the ...

The racially-motivated slaying of nine black people by a white gunman at a historic church in Charleston — which authorities were investigating as a hate crime — has reignited a fierce debate both ...

In 2020, NASCAR banned the Confederate battle flag from its properties and events. The controversial decision came just days ...

A Confederate monument that caused a stir in a North Carolina town has been dismantled and put in storage until it can be moved to a different location. The Town of Edenton had been planning to remove ...