by Jim Heath | Jun 13, 2020 | Headlines, NFL, Race
NFL player J.J. Watt shared today that he believes those who consider protests during the national anthem at football games to be “about disrespecting” the U.S. flag or military, “clearly haven’t been listening.” Watt shared a tweet from a Twitter user who...
by Jim Heath | Jun 13, 2020 | Headlines, Race
The South has lost again. Jefferson Davis and his legacy departed Kentucky’s Capitol rotunda after a 12-foot marble statue commemorating the lone president of the Confederate States of America was removed from its base Saturday morning. Workers assembled a rig...
by Jim Heath | Jun 13, 2020 | Headlines, Race, Trump
President Trump said in a new Fox News interview that he’s done more for the African American community than any president. ‘I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president,’ Trump told Fox News Channel’s Harris...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2020 | Headlines, Race, Trump
President Trump says America will be done with “bigotry and prejudice” before we know it. Trump held a roundtable on police and race in Dallas, but did not invite the city’s top three law enforcement officials – the sheriff, police chief and district...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2020 | GOP, Headlines, Race, Trump
On Aug. 27, 1960, a mob of 200 white people in Jacksonville, Fla. – organized by the Ku Klux Klan and joined by some of the city’s police officers – chased and beat peaceful civil rights protesters who were trying to integrate downtown lunch counters. The bloody...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2020 | Entertainment, Race
Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum is changing its name to Lady A, with members saying they are ‘regretful and embarrassed’ for not taking into consideration the word’s association with slavery. The band, made up of Hillary Scott, Charles...
