28 March 2018 Revisionist accounts of the origin of the National Rifle Association say it was formed to help freed slaves defend themselves against racist attacks after the Civil War.
25 January 2018 Heather Wick faced an online backlash after a racially insensitive Facebook post in 2017, and again in 2018.
8 December 2017 The Alabama politician once again became a topic of debate just days before the end of a high-profile Senate race.
29 November 2017 An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrelated to the slave trade or whose sources are unknown.
8 November 2017 The group has proposed state legislation aimed at replacing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem due to its controversial third stanza.
10 October 2017 Two white lawmakers in South Carolina proposed a monument to black Confederate soldiers, many of whom were slaves forced into duty.
17 August 2016 A widely circulated list of historical "facts" about slavery dwells on the participation of non-whites as owners and traders of slaves in America.
27 January 2016 A viral Facebook post described these common lawn ornaments as symbolic aids to escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad, but scant evidence supports that version of history.
9 June 2017 Tales of youngsters chained up as "alligator bait" in the deep South of the 18th and early 19th centuries bespeak the United States' racist past.
28 May 2013 One legend associated with the ocreation of Memorial Day holds that it was started by former slaves to honor Union war dead.
