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Confederate Flag Causes Uproar In Palestine
PALESTINE (CBSDFW.COM) – The First National Flag of the Confederacy was raised over the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine on April 1st in celebration of Confederate History Month, but it came...
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Confederate Flag License Plate Sparks Debate
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Would you buy a license plate with a Confederate flag on it? State officials are looking at possibly launching a new Texas state license plate honoring veterans of the War...
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Perry Once Defended Confederate Symbols
AUSTIN (AP) - Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick...
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Petition Offered Against Confederate Texas Plate
AUSTIN (AP) - More than 22,000 people have signed petitions against a proposed Confederate flag license plate for Texas. The Austin American-Statesman reports the petitions were offered Wednesday in...
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Texas Board To Vote On Confederate License Plates
AUSTIN (AP) - A Texas board was set to decide Thursday whether the state will issue specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag, a plan Governor Rick Perry has said he opposes but...
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Texas Board Rejects Confederate License Plates
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas drivers won’t be able to put Confederate license plates on their vehicles after a state board unanimously rejected the proposed design Thursday. The Department of Motor Vehicles...
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Court To Hear Texas Confederate Flag Dispute
(credit: Donald Miralle/ALLSPORT) NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether a Texas state board violated the free-speech rights of a group that...
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Court To Hear Texas Dispute Over Confederate Flag
(credit: AP Graphics) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether a Texas state board violated the free-speech rights of a group that petitioned for a...
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Texas Court Revives Suit Over Confederate Flag Dispute
AUSTIN (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit that had been filed against officials who had rejected a group’s petition for a customized Texas license plate featuring the Confederate...
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Court To Review Political License Plates
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is taking on a free speech case over a proposed license plate in Texas that would feature the Confederate battle flag. The case...
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Supreme Court Justices Struggle With Free Speech Case Over TX Plates
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – In a dispute over a proposed Confederate battle flag license plate, the Supreme Court struggled Monday to balance worries about government...
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S.C. Senators, Governor Call For Removal Of Confederate Flag
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CHARLESTON, S.C. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag should be removed from the grounds of the state capitol,...
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GOP Candidates Embrace SC Governor’s Call On Confederate Flag
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans with presidential aspirations rushed Monday to embrace South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate flag from the...
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Walmart Removing Confederate Flag Items From Stores
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart said Monday it is removing any items from its store shelves and website that feature the Confederate flag. The announcement by the world’s biggest retailer comes as the...
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A Look At Calls To Remove Confederate Symbols Across South
In the wake of a massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, a bipartisan mix of officials across Southern states are calling for the removal of Confederate flags and other symbols of the...
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Some North Texas Stores Aren’t Ditching Confederate Flag
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150623232139003AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – eBay, Amazon and Walmart all say they will not sell merchandise with the...
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14 Years Ago, Bush Removed Confederate Flag In Florida
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush faced a similar decision as South Carolina officials – whether to remove the Confederate flag from...
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Drive-By Truckers, Lynyrd Skynyrd on the Confederate Flag’s Meaning
By Brian Ives Three years ago, Gary Rossington, a founding member of iconic Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, made a bold statement. The band, he said, were no longer going to use the Confederate...
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NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Backs Ban On Confederate Flag
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SONOMA, Calif. (AP) – NASCAR’s most popular driver is calling the Confederate flag “offensive to an entire race” while voicing his support for it being removed...
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Texas Motor Speedway Asking Race Fans To Ditch The Confederate Flag
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW) – Texas Motor Speedway has joined a NASCAR plea for fans to stop bringing Confederate Flags to the track. Confederate flags have long been...
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South Carolina’s Confederate Flag Will Be Removed Friday
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner...
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Robert E. Lee Statue Vandalized In Dallas Park
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The historic monument faces to the south. It sits like a mountain of pride, a bold-bronze boulder of acknowledgement along Dallas’ Turtle...
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Confederate Symbols Flack Expected To Draw Crowd At Birdville ISD Meeting
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HALTOM CITY (CBS 11 NEWS) – The battle over confederate symbols at a North Texas school district is stirring up a heated debate. A big crowd is expected Thursday...
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Confederate Sticker In Police Locker Room Prompts Investigation
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Confederate flags and racial slurs are the focus of an internal investigation at the Dallas Police Department. The public information office...
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Ole Miss Removes State Flag That Features Confederate Emblem
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Interim University of Mississippi Chancellor Morris Stocks says he ordered the Mississippi state flag taken down because it “had become a...
View ArticleMississippi Holds On To State Flag With Confederate Symbol
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — White supremacists waved the Confederate battle flag amid weekend violence in Virginia, prompting critics to say Mississippi should remove the symbol from its state banner....
View ArticlePublic Schools Grappling With Confederate Names, Images
DALLAS (AP) – With a new school year dawning, education officials are grappling with whether to remove the names, images and statues of Confederate figures from public schools — especially since some...
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North Texas Mother Furious After Special Needs Son Comes Home From School...
LEWISVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A young autistic man’s family is outraged and demanding an apology from a coach and Lewisville ISD. Austen Mornes has enjoyed the eight years he’s spent playing on...
View ArticleTexas Board Rejects Confederate Group’s Latest License Plate
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has denied a Confederate group’s latest attempt to create a specialty license plate celebrating Confederate soldiers. The department’s...
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Groups Using Super Bowl In Push Against Confederate Statues
ATLANTA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A coalition of civil rights groups in Atlanta is using this year’s Super Bowl to help kick off a renewed “war on the Confederacy,” in a fight to remove Confederate monuments...
View ArticleNASCAR Nixes Bubba Watson’s ‘General Lee’ Lap
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (AP) – Track officials have canceled plans to have pro golfer Bubba Watson drive the car from the television series “The Dukes of Hazzard” at Phoenix International Raceway because of...
View ArticleArmy Weighs Removing Confederate Names From Texas Base & Others Across U.S.
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – There could be a name change coming to some U.S. military bases. Army officials say U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper are open to...
View ArticleNASCAR Bans Confederate Flags From All Events And Properties
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – NASCAR has banned Confederate flags at racetracks. The company put out the following statement Wednesday: “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary...
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Organizers Say Police In Two Texas Cities Did Not Protect Protesters
WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Community leaders say local law enforcement in two Texas cities did not protect protesters from opposing groups after weekend rallies turned violent. Local law enforcement...
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