The fourth Monday in April is a state-recognized holiday known as Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama is one of four states that officially recognize the 250,000 Confederate soldiers who lost their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gathered outside the Montgomery home that served as the First White House of the Confederacy to urge state leaders to halt ...

Florida law designates three Confederate-related legal holidays: Robert E. Lee's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis' birthday. These holidays are not paid, have no official state ...

Lonnie Randolph, longtime South Carolina civil rights leader and NAACP state president who for years fought to rid the State House grounds of the Confederate flag, has died after a lingering illness, ...