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Watson was at the famed Barrett-Jackson automobile auction this past weekend, and picked up that gem there, which he called his “dream car,” for $110,000. Now, there were plenty of General Lees, but the one there was special; called “Lee 1,” it’s the one that jumped the police car in “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV...
In 2010, the conservatives who controlled the Texas Board of Education caused an uproar when they made radical changes to the history curriculum for the state’s 4.8 million public school students. The changes included referring to the country’s first black president as “Barack Hussein Obama,” and requiring students to “contrast” Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ inaugural address...
Gainesville — Cooke and Denton counties members of the Texas Division United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), plus members of the Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), honored the state holiday, which launched in 1973, conjunctive with the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The memorial morning included a presentation of flag colors and paid...
It was one of the first examples of epic entertainment as evil. Today, it joins the ranks of such (rightfully or wrongfully) reviled efforts as Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and Disney’s long lost Song of the South. At the time, it was greeted with cheers as well as controversy. Today, it is celebrated as a...
TUCSON, Ariz. — The heated back and forth over ethnic studies continued Thursday. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne filed a response to the motion filed by two Mexican-American studies students claiming the state cannot outlaw the courses. In the response, Horne uses the Ku Klux Klan as an example to argue the state has...
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A St. Louis-area highway sign honoring civil rights activist Rosa Parks was repaired Friday after being spray-painted with the letters “KKK,” officials said. Kara Price, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Transportation, said workers removed the defaced part of the Interstate 55 sign, which reads “Rosa Parks...
The Redneck Shop has been selling Confederate bikinis and white satin robes on the historic courthouse square in the former mill town of Laurens for so long that most people have learned to ignore it. “The only people who really get caught up and interested in the store are from out of town,” said...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Independence County man who pleaded guilty in July to burning a cross in front of the home of a black man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Tony Branscum, who is white, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Little Rock to the maximum allowed under federal...
Four people accused of burning a cross near a mixed-race family’s Arroyo Grande home won’t face trial until April because defense attorneys need more time to prepare, a judge ruled Wednesday. San Luis County Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn Duffy made her decision after defense attorneys told her they must have more face-to-face contact with...
St. Louis County, Mo (KSDK) - A sign meant to honor a civil rights leader has been defaced. It happened overnight Friday along Interstate 55 in South St. Louis County. Vandals struck the sign, spraypainting the letters “KKK” in black. NewsChannel 5 investigated the situation and found that a previous sign in the same location had a connection...
