Each April, Alabama observes Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday that honors soldiers who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The day remains a point of reflection and debate as ...

April is Confederate Heritage and History Month in Alabama, and one of the South’s enemies in the state has resigned. Great men north and south of the Mason-Dixon line say tragedy strikes when a ...

While Gov. Robert Bentley ordered all four Confederate flags at the Alabama Confederate Monument at the capitol to be permanently taken down Wednesday, the discussion on whether to remove the battle ...

Since alleged gunman Dylann Roof has been charged with the killing of nine people inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, major debate has shifted over to ...

Mary Norman was shocked Thursday afternoon when Auburn Councilman Arthur L. Dowdell pulled up a Confederate flag placed on her great-grandfather’s grave and snapped it in half, she said. Dowdell, who ...

State offices, including state courts, in Alabama are closed today for a holiday, though it’s not one most places celebrate. Monday is Confederate Memorial Day, one of three Confederate-related ...

Alabama state government offices will be closed Monday to mark the birthday of the president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis’ birthday is a state holiday in Alabama. Florida and Mississippi are ...

Two days after Bubba Wallace, the lone black driver in NASCAR's three national series, called for the sanctioning body to ban all Confederate flags at racetracks, the organization did just that. "The ...

The sponsor of Alabama’s law forbidding local governments from removing or renaming historical monuments is making another attempt to increase fines for cities and counties that do so. Sen. Gerald ...

Though some Confederate monuments are coming down across America, a new one was unveiled in Alabama on Sunday, NBC News reported. Hundreds of people attended the unveiling of the small monument for ...