Confederate Flag

Fifteen people have been indicted on gang charges after passing the home of an African-American family in suburban Atlanta, Georgia this summer in a caravan of cars that prominently displayed Confederate flags.

https://twitter.com/MegPace/status/646349650790891520 The NAACP chapter in Jefferson County, Ala. is arguing that a mural depicting slaves picking cotton while a White overseer watches should be removed from the county courthouse, Think Progress reports. The mural, made to represent the “Old South,” was installed at the entrance of the building in 1934; a time when Black people were […]

In his second term, President Obama is speaking more openly about events as he wants, especially those concerning Black America.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday, Spike Lee will receive an honorary Academy Award for his work.

A Confederate flag supporter ran over a boy with his car, causing many to believe the beating the man got from witnesses was race-related.

An anti-violence group took to the streets of Baltimore this weekend to march against crime. The 300 Men March, began in Baltimore

The confederate flag has been a source of controversy in recent times in the south, but an incident on Monday in a southeastern Pennsylvania town is shifting the focus a bit. David Chohany was at the center of a clash between and several youth of color in the town of Columbia, which led to him […]

Over the weekend, hundreds of people showed up to Stone Mountain Park in Georgia armed with Confederate flags, signs, and concealed weapons to advocate for their traditions and the rebel flag that has been at the center of a heated racial debate since the Charleston AME massacre last month. Despite video of some protesters screaming […]

In the latest example of persistent and ingrained racism in America, police are searching for two White men spotted on video placing Confederate flags at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Visitor Center in Atlanta, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Church and civic leaders were unbowed by what […]

https://twitter.com/pzoeller/status/622447786215243778/photo/1 When two hate groups took their place on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse earlier this month, words were exchanged between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther Party. In an ironic moment of extremes demanding justice from one another, one image seemed to stick out from the rest. A Black activist […]

Funeral plans have been set for Bobbi Kristina Brown following the death of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s only child last weekend. According to reports, Bobbi Kristina’s funeral will take place in Georgia on Saturday at the St. James United Methodist Church. Her body will then be flown to New Jersey so that she can be buried beside […]

Racial tensions arose on Saturday in Douglasville, Georgia, when a fleet of vehicles toting the Confederate flag approached a child’s birthday party. Two different bystanders captured the incident on cell phone, portraying two different accounts of what happened. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Melissa Alford — the woman who hosted the party — witnessed the individuals in the […]