Others sought in crash that killed rebel flag supporter
Mississippi investigators said Thursday that they are trying to find people who might have been involved in a road dispute just before a crash that killed a black man wearing a Confederate military hat.
Authorities point to evidence of suicide in Texas jail death
While Sandra Bland’s family maintains that the woman found dead in a Texas jail cell would not have taken her own life, authorities are pointing to mounting evidence that they say shows she hanged herself.
Video rekindles debate about police treatment of blacks
When Sandra Bland refused to put out her cigarette, the police officer opened her car door and tried dragging her out of the vehicle.
Black backer of Confederate flag was anomaly in Miss.
In a town where Confederate soldier statues stand sentinel on the courthouse square and a university campus, Anthony Hervey remained an anomaly — a black man who draped himself in the Confederate battle flag and publicly declared his loyalty to the secessionist Lost Cause and his belief that the Civil War was not fought over slavery.
Black Mississippi flag supporter dies in traffic accident
A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.
Choosing your own: Definition of race becoming fluid
Rachel Dolezal, born to white parents, self-identifies as black — a decision that illustrates how fluid identity can be in a diversifying America, as the rigid racial structures that have defined most of this country’s history seem, for some, to be softening.
First black female Republican joins Congress
Mia Love of Utah on Tuesday became the first black female Republican in Congress as she was sworn in along with 57 other freshmen members of the U.S. House.
Should white mom be paid for brown baby mistake?
What is the price of being forced to raise a brown baby?
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
Another milestone is passing in America’s racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. Even in