The history of the Confederacy is embedded in Texas’ roots — but since the violent Charlottesville rallies last August, Texas cities continue to grapple with what to do with their Confederate symbols.
(TEXAS TRIBUNE) Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy, with dozens of monuments dedicated during or after the Civil Rights era. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center — a ...
Inspired by a recent visit to The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Rosie perused the museum’s website to find a page of Texas state symbols. Rosie challenged Stephanie to see how many Steph could ...
AUSTIN - The state bird? OK, that's an easy one, the mockingbird. The state flower? The bluebonnet, of course. But what about the state flower song? Or the state dinosaur? Those may have been left out ...
EVADALE, Texas (AP) — A few Texas school districts are under scrutiny for using Confederate symbols that backers say stand for tradition but critics believe are in support of racism. The Rev. Kyev ...
Bluebonnets aren’t just something you squat in on the side of the highway for Instagram likes. Not only are they the flower you think of first when you talk about the great state of Texas — aside from ...
Thirty-one Confederate symbols have been removed in Texas since 2015, more than twice as many as in any other state, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report. The state accounted for nearly a ...
In March, Texas Monthly‘s Christian Wallace excoriated the fact that the unloved “Texas, Our Texas” remained our state song in spite of hundreds of worthier alternatives. You had a lot of thoughts on ...
If you read this story, or watch the accompanying video, about a house that was broken into and vandalized in Noonday — about ten miles outside of Tyler — you might not notice something the camera ...
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday to ensure all cities and counties "remove any ...