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MIAMI, Fla. (WJW) — One NASCAR team supported first responders with a new paint job on their team car during Saturday’s race in Miami. Mike Harmon Racing (MHR) painted Kyle Weatherman’s car in a “Back the Blue” paint scheme which aims to support law enforcement officers. The car features the “Thin Blue Line” and the “Blue Lives […]

President Donald Trump threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization bill over a provision that would rename military bases currently named for Confederate leaders.

The final decision on whether to remove the bust of a Confederate general from the Tennessee Capitol won’t come this year.

Raised in poverty in New Orleans, Perry dropped out of high school and went through a period of homelessness as he struggled as a playwright. Those plays turned him into a star and launched a career that would eventually lead him to become a media mogul and first African American to independently own a studio.

NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial equality. Wallace had successfully called for the ban of the Confederate flag and received threats. Fans paraded past the main entrance of the Alabama track displaying the flag, and a […]

Bubba Wallace came out of NASCAR’s marquee race with another milestone, becoming the first Black driver to lead a lap in the Daytona 500.

House Speaker Philip Gunn said he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

First-year Governor Tate Reeves is following the practice of several of his Democratic and Republican predecessors and declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month.

Haslam’s event comes two days before the Tennessee Capitol Commission debates what should happen with Forrest bust.

President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election.

(CNN) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he will introduce legislation to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday. “It’s time we elevate this, not just a celebration by and for some Virginians, but one acknowledged and celebrated by all of us,” Northam, a Democrat, said at a news conference in Richmond. Northam said […]