In no universe — even in Charleston, which gave birth to the worst war in the nation’s history — should we be erecting Confederate memorials today.

Some South Carolina lawmakers are looking to revitalize the Heritage Act by expanding its reach, and what it prohibits.

Conservatives may protest at first, but ultimately, they bring up the progressive rear to defend, and indeed celebrate, the ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

“The Commonwealth of Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all, and not a traitor who took up arms against the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new statue at the U.S. Capitol honors a teenage girl whose defiance helped to end segregation and spark the Civil Rights ...

Federal officials claimed the shooting was an act of self-defense, but the city's mayor described it as “reckless" and unnecessary. The House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend ...

Dec. 17 (UPI) --A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four years after Virginia selected the civil rights icon to ...

After five years of speculation, Congress finally revealed which Virginian would replace Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol — a 16-year-old civil rights activist named Barbara Rose ...

White men feel something 'much deeper' has changed that's 'fundamentally illiberal': Writer 7-foot-9 freshman makes college basketball history for Florida Gators Americans can’t believe how rich they ...

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...