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Lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that allowed another form of slavery — forced labor for convicted felons — to thrive.

The City of Newark paid tribute to George Floyd on Wednesday, unveiling a 700-pound bronze statue in his honor outside City Hall.

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Juneteenth commemorates when the last […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This coming weekend, people across the Mid-South will be celebrating Juneteenth, which is on June 19. The day celebrates the end of slavery in America. This year’s festival will be at the Health Sciences Park formerly known as Forrest Park for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. “Now we want to change the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The remains of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife have been removed from Health Sciences Park in Memphis, where they had been interred since the early 20th century. The remains were discovered Monday, June 7 at 9:01 a.m., said Van Turner with Memphis Greenspace. “We would hope that the example showed […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of threatening Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer was in custody Wednesday. Jail records show George Johnson was booked on a midemeanor assault charge. Johnson walked in with his attorney Steve Farese and turned himself in around 1 p.m. An arrest warrant was issued late Friday afternoon for Johnson, after he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An arrest warrant was issued late Friday afternoon for the man seen on camera yelling profanities and insults at Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer while waving a Confederate flag. George Johnson is wanted on a misdemeanor assault charge, but when he spoke with WREG, he didn’t seem terribly concerned and initially labelled […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As crews continue work to remove the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from a Memphis park, Memphis Police are investigating claims of racial threats made after multiple confrontations. WREG’s cameras captured part of an altercation between a member of Confederate 901 and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer as the remains […]

Day two of the start of the removal of the remains of Confederate leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from UT Health Sciences Park. And things are off to a rocky start as tensions were still high Wednesday morning.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It started in the dark of night on Dec. 20, 2017 when the statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest was taken down from a public park in Memphis. Now nearly four years later and after a lengthy legal battle crews have started to remove the pedestal that bore the monument. Workers arrived […]