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The State Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved a plan by the University of Mississippi to move a statue in the center of campus to another location.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced he is introducing a bipartisan bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth, celebrated June 19, marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the state of Texas. While President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the document only freed slaves in Confederate-controlled […]

The city of Gulfport, Mississippi, is removing the state flag at all city-owned buildings and facilities because it includes the Confederate battle flag.

Several states already observe Juneteenth. Texas was the first to make it a state holiday, in 1980. Virginia’s governor proposed making Juneteenth a state holiday there earlier this week.

In a statement released in support of Black Lives Matter, the Boy Scouts of America said it will require Eagle Scouts to earn a diversity and inclusion badge. It’ll examine its own role in perpetuating racism, too.

A tweet from Rep. Jason Powell called the statue, “one of the most hideous and offensive statues in Nashville.”

(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 […]

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 […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says members of her party are trying to figure out a legal way to remove Confederate statues from the US Capitol building.

Protests over the murder of George Floyd have once again brought the flag that has the Confederate battle emblem in the corner to the front and center in a longstanding debate over its design and message.

NASCAR driver Ray Ciccarelli says he’s leaving the sport at the end of the season.