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In fact, the last time a Confederate flag riled up so many Brooklynites was when a Union Navy captain unfurled a captured Dixie banner in a South Williamsburg school in 1894, a gesture that “was ...
S.C. Gwynne talked about his book, [Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson], in which he recounts the life and military career of Confederate general Thomas ...
The a capella group Rebel Yell will change its name, according to a Freehold Regional High School District spokeswoman. The name is a reference to a battle cry Confederate soldiers shrieked while ...
S.C. Gwynne talked about his book, [Rebel Yell: the Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson], about the life of the physics professor from West Virginia who went on to become a ...
The editor of UNLV’s student-run Rebel Yell says the newspaper’s name needs to be changed. She said it’s racist and advocates institutionalized racism with its ties to confederate history.
He said the Confederate flag ‘means different things to different people,’ including ‘valor’ and ‘lynching.’ ‘It means all these things,’ the senator said.
Courtesy image “Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson” by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner and Co., 672 pages, $35) ...
Kings Dominion amusement park is quietly dropping the Confederate-themed name of its iconic roller coaster, Rebel Yell, and isn’t saying whether the decision is tied to the continuing debate over ...
As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and failed to do: secede fr… ...
The Confederate flag is not welcome at NASCAR tracks. Stop and ponder. A sport entrenched in Southern roots, and a bastion of conservative values, is joining the rest of the nation in turning its b… ...