For Many, Teenage Instagram Photo Of Confederate Flags Speaks To Larger Problems
An Instagram photo posted by a teenager was the reason dozens of people showed up to Thursday’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board meeting. The photo, which has made several headlines, features two...
View ArticleConfederate License Plates: Who Has The Authority To Stop Production?
Two of the most powerful officials in the state are pointing fingers at each other in a dispute over who has the authority to stop the production of Confederate license plates. Governor Pat McCrory and...
View ArticleMore Than Half Of North Carolina's Counties Have Confederate Monuments
The shooting of nine African-Americans earlier this month has prompted national debate over whether the Confederate battle flag should continue to fly at the South Carolina Capitol. Gov. Nikki Haley...
View ArticleNC Lawmakers Could Make It Harder To Remove State Monuments
The North Carolina House of Representatives has tentatively approved a bill that could make it more difficult to take down the state's Confederate statues.
View ArticleWhat The Town Of Hillsborough Expects For The 'Southern Heritage' Rally
More than a thousand organizers are expected to gather in Hillsborough Saturday afternoon as a part of a “Southern Heritage Ride/Rally” supporting the Confederate flag. The event is organized by...
View ArticleFight Over 'Silent Sam' Confederate Statue At UNC Continues
The pick-up trucks and cars adorned with Confederate and American flags flapping in the air were hard to miss as they rolled down Franklin Street. As the caravan came to a stop, one woman got out of...
View ArticleFlags, Soldier Statues And Civil War Memory
The Confederate flag has been around for more than a century, yet the controversial symbol has been in the headlines almost every week this year. South Carolina removed the flag from their state...
View ArticleRural Montgomery County In Confederate Flag Flap
Winding through the intense green of the Uwharrie National Forest is a country road. At a gentle curve on state Highway 109, the speed limit drops from 55 to 45 mph, cars slow down slightly and a...
View ArticleMeet Bree Newsome, The Woman Who Removed South Carolina’s Confederate Flag
Note: This program is a rebroadcast from January 9, 2017. Activist Bree Newsome gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for scaling the flagpole at the statehouse in...
View ArticleMeet Bree Newsome, The Woman Who Removed South Carolina’s Confederate Flag
Note: This program is a rebroadcast from January 9, 2017. Activist Bree Newsome gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for scaling the flagpole at the statehouse in...
View ArticleDurham Public Schools Revises Dress Code, Bans Confederate Flag
A North Carolina public school system has revised its dress code to prohibit the Confederate flag, Ku Klux Klan symbols and swastikas.
View ArticleA Changing City In Western North Carolina Battles Over Confederate Flag
Alderman Ralph Hamlett wants symbols of hate and racism to be banned from parades in his town of Canton, North Carolina.
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