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Saturday is Confederate Memorial Day in Florida. Why does Florida still celebrate it?
Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...
Thousands of Confederate symbols still standing, report finds
Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed ...
Confederate symbols are still in places across the US. Activists still want them gone.
Despite efforts to rewrite history, activists are still pushing to remove Confederate symbols, a new Southern Poverty Law ...
More than 2,000 Confederate symbols still standing across the U.S., report says
More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released ...
National Affairs Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Cameron McWhirter covers national affairs for The Wall Street Journal from Atlanta. Before joining the Journal, he reported for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 2003 to 2010. Previously, he ...
Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray honored with statute in Alabama
Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...