The first season of college football ever played took place 1869 -- four years after the end of the Civil War. Some of college football’s names and traditions date back to the era. Some have ...

By Wayne Hester BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - More and more voices across the U.S. South called for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy on Wednesday in a fast-growing movement that ...

To some, the flag is a symbol of heritage — the oft-capitalized, ever-elusive Southern Pride — while to others, it’s a banner that brings to mind a century and a half of oppression and bigotry.

The symbols illustrate the legacy of the Confederacy and the power struggles over historical memory. While the South lost the Civil War, it succeeded in shaping much of the narrative that followed.

Matthew J. Clavin tells the story in “Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War.” And it’s a story of when love and honesty met bigotry and hypocrisy head-on.

It will also remove the stone bust of the Civil War's top southern general at Reconciliation Plaza. And Lee's quote about honor will be stripped from the academy's Honor Plaza. Sponsor Message ...