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A man who helped carry out the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. — one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history — was executed by injection on Wednesday evening in a Texas prison. John William King, 44, was one of three men convicted for the murder. He is the second person […]

Mississippi residents who want a state flag without the Confederate battle emblem now can display one on their license plate.

A college in Memphis, Tennessee, is renaming a building that honors a Confederate pastor who historical records show argued the Bible justified slavery.

Whether Forrest Avenue in Memphis was renamed to honor the Confederate general is still up for debate, but street signs reading “Forrest Avenue” are coming down.

Arkansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it illegal to remove or alter any military or historical monument on public property.

The University of Mississippi’s interim leader announced agreement Thursday that it should be moved from its current location on campus.

An Arkansas House panel on Wednesday rejected for a second time a proposal to change the meaning of a star on the state’s flag.

Collierville Assistant Town Prosecutor Mike Cross, who had faced scrutiny for some controversial social media posts that voiced support for white nationalists, resigned Tuesday afternoon, town authorities said.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday embraced a congressional proposal to study a framework for reparations to African-Americans hurt by the legacy of slavery as the best way to begin a “national, full-blown conversation” on the issue.

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn say a law signed by President Donald Trump will expand Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee.

A 2015 North Carolina law all but prohibits the permanent removal of Confederate statues from public land.