NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. South Carolina Removes The Confederate Flag From…

UPDATE: Monday, July 6, 2015 4:50 PM EST In a 37-3 vote, the South Carolina Senate decided to remove the Confederate flag from State House grounds.…

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The two people arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the front of the South Carolina Statehouse have been released from…

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Symbols Matter. Words Matter. That’s what one local entrepreneur, Frank Scurlock, reminded us of when he paid for skywriting during Jazz Fest. New Orleanians looked…

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After the Civil War ended, the prison system in the former Confederate states was under pressure to figure out how to house convicts. Most of…