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A north Mississippi county voted to stop displaying the state flag on all county-owned property.

One flag would be the current flag with the Confederate battle emblem, and a design to be determined would erase Confederate images.

Bubba Wallace steered the No. 43 to the front of pit road, NASCAR champion Kyle Busch pushing the famous car on one side and close friend Ryan Blaney pushing on the other. The entire 40-driver field and all their crew members followed. After the car came to a stop, Wallace climbed out, sat on the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a noose was reported in the stall of NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s car will be sporting the logo of the National Civil Rights Museum at Monday’s GEICO 500 race at Talladega. Memphis-based FedEx, which sponsors Hamlin’s #11 car, made a $500,000 donation to the Memphis museum, […]

Bubba Wallace steered the No. 43 to the front of pit road, NASCAR champion Kyle Busch pushing the famous car on one side and close friend Ryan Blaney pushing on the other.

A statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will be removed, a statement from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said Sunday.

NASCAR said late Sunday that a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Talladega.

Statues of controversial figures tied to slavery are being toppled across the Bay Area and beyond.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The commissioner of the Southeastern Conference says the SEC will consider not holding championship events in Mississippi unless the state flag is changed. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey released a statement Thursday evening, saying in part, “It is past time for change to be made to the flag of the State of Mississippi. […]

The expanded policy means that even when sites of games are determined by performance as they are in sports such as baseball and women’s basketball, Mississippi schools will not be permitted to host NCAA tournament games.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is ending its “gator bait” cheer at football games and other sports events because of its racial connotations. President Kent Fuchs also announced in a Thursday letter there would be several other similar changes on campus. Fuchs says the “gator bait” cheer has “horrific historic racist […]