deep south

Black people were held in slavery in the Deep South as late as the 1960’s

Mississippi legislators pass bill making it legal to discriminate against gays

‘Gone With the Wind’ prequel due for release this fall

Alabama association, Montgomery mayor ‘uneasy’ about state’s slave trade markers

Famous actors racially profiled, harassed by police

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