A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out.

Civil rights groups are criticizing a concert series with Black performers dubbed “Soul Fest” that is being held at a Georgia park with a giant carving of Confederate leaders.

A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E.

A decades-long fight has been resolved in Tennessee, over the bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader that stood in a place of honor inside the state's Capitol.

A 16-year-old “American Idol” contestant has dropped out of the singing competition after a video circulated of him sitting next to someone wearing what appears to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.

As he prepares for the Final Four game against Baylor, Houston coach Kelvin Sampson grew emotional talking about his father.

Law enforcement supporters protest during a Back the Blue rally Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in West Valley City, Utah. Several police groups, including the state's Department of Public Safety, have condemned the use of KKK imagery to portray law enforcement officials. He said there are areas in which local police departments can improve, but he is confident that in Utah policing as a whole is good." White supremacists have made it a point to infiltrate law enforcement. The broad stroke used to widely disparage the law enforcement profession is disheartening, irresponsible, and does nothing to bring us together for the common good, the letter said.

HOUSTON An online petition has been created to help push for the removal of a controversial White Pride billboard located near the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas. The removal of the billboard is being called upon by a local race relations task force of clergy and volunteers who say the sign misrepresents the community and stunts its growth, according to CNN. Its an entrance to our town, the first thing people see when they drive in is this billboard, an attorney representing the Harrison Community Task Force on Race Relations, Kelsey Bardwell, told CNN affiliate KARK. The video shows multiple encounters with bypassers who stop to talk to the filmmaker. Have a little pride in your race brother, one man said, adding, White pride worldwide.As of Friday afternoon, more than 9,000 people have signed the task forces petition to have the billboard taken down.

HOUSTON – Missouri City councilmembers will hold a public meeting Monday evening to discuss offensive and racially-insensitive street signs in the city. Some of the signs in question are said to be named after Confederate leaders and a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan. The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. and councilmembers will listen to comments for or against an ordinance to establish regulations for the naming of streets in the city. If you want to make a public comment on this issue, you can sign up here before 4 p.m. Monday. You can also watch a live stream of the meeting here.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform's sites rules forbidding hate speech. The company said Friday that Duke's account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.It didn't specify what exactly Duke posted that triggered the ban, but its policy on hateful conduct prohibits promoting violence or threatening attacks against people based on religious affiliation, race and ethnic origin. Twitter said the ban was in line with its recently updated policy aimed at cutting down on harmful links. Under the new rules, the company may suspend accounts dedicated to sharing hateful content or that try to get around its blocks on sharing links to the material. Duke was the leader of the white supremacist KKK from 1974 to 1978.

Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha takes a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Sunday, July 12, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool Photo via AP)LONDON A 12-year-old boy was arrested by police after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha highlighted racist abuse he received ahead of Sunday's Premier League match at Aston Villa. The Premier League has launched a reporting system to allow players to report abuse that can be followed up by authorities. This behavior is completely unacceptable and the Premier League stands alongside Wilfried Zaha in opposing this, and discrimination in any form," the league said in a statement. We will continue to support players, managers, coaches and their family members who receive serious discriminatory online abuse."