Where did the Confederate statues go? We found them WREG cameras caught the Confederate statues back on city property Thursday morning being guarded by police.
‘I got nothing to hide,’ man says after accusations … “They’ll say anything to try to incriminate my name just because I have a history with the police,” Powell said.
Otis Sanford: Forrest statue, graves should be moved … Moving the statue and graves to Columbia would be the best outcome as there is little doubt that they would become instant tourist attractions.
Supreme Court rejects appeal challenging Mississippi … The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an African-American attorney who called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag “an official endorsement of white supremacy.”
Appeals court backs city’s renaming of Confederate … MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that a city council had the authority to rename three parks whose names honored the Confederacy. The Commercial Appeal reports the court affirmed the Shelby County Chancery Court’s February ruling on Wednesday. In 2013, the Memphis City Council renamed Forrest Park, Confederate Park and Jefferson Davis […]
1959 death of Mississippi teen could get fresh look Eberlene King remembers her 15-year-old brother as he lay dying, after white teenagers cruised through their black neighborhood in a pickup on Halloween night 1959 and shot him in the face.
Mississippi city votes to take down state’s flag Aldermen in Cleveland voted 3-2 Tuesday to remove the flag from display at City Hall, the police department and other municipal property.
Tennessee statue of former Confederate general painted … A Confederate statue on private property along an interstate in Tennessee has been painted pink in the latest act of vandalism there.
Lawmakers address removal of Confederate Statues A rainy Friday morning, but Tennessee House represenatives say it’s beautiful as they no longer stand in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
