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BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Confederate Monuments Battle Has a Bigger Picture
Is removing the monuments in the best interests of blacks?
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Deconstructing Reconstruction in the Aftermath of Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights and Dallas
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) After Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Falcon Heights, Minnesota there was Dallas, Texas. After…
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Protests Continue Over Confederate Flag Ban at High School
ALANNA DURKIN, Associated Press CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Protests continued Friday over a western Virginia high school’s ban on Confederate…
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Notable Mississippians Join Chorus to Change State Flag
Jerry Mitchell, THE CLARION-LEDGER JACKSON, Miss. (The Clarion-Ledger) — In a letter appearing in a full-page ad in today’s…
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Virginia Revokes License Plates Featuring Confederate Flag
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved…
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An Answer for Confederate Apologists
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Someone identifying himself as Jimmy Oliver sent me an email objecting to a…
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Symbols are Important to Black America
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Five days after South Carolina retired the Confederate flag with much…
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Black Backer of Confederate Flag Was Anomaly in Mississippi
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — In a town where Confederate soldier statues stand sentinel on the…
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KKK, Black Justice Group Clash in S.C. Capitol
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS News) — Hundreds of people taunted each other on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse during…
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