An assault charge against an open confederacy supporter who agitated a Black Memphis, Tennessee, elected official and sang “Dixie” as she addressed media last year have been dismissed. George Johnson ...

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Although the league, which began play this month, has been integrated since 1967, it has never fully acknowledged the truth about its past. Former Cannon Street YMCA Llittle League players Vermort ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KGO) -- In San Rafael Tuesday morning was a next step that some residents believe comes 155 years too late. "Words matter. Dixie hurts people," said Dixie school board member ...

One of the few remaining ties to the Confederacy at one SEC school is coming to an end. Ole Miss announced Friday that its marching band, called “The Pride of the South,” will no longer play “Dixie” ...

A University of Alabama group wants to take “Dixie” out of “Yea, Alabama,” the popular school fight song. The Delete Dixie Initiative is “a coalition of students, faculty, and friends who wish to ...

The Utah state legislature passed a bill that would allow Dixie State University to possibly change its controversial name that is linked to the Confederacy and the period of slavery in the South. The ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer of Memphis was repeatedly taunted by George Johnson, who allegedly harassed her at her home ...