Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America, a white supremacist government, from 1861 to 1865. Since 1901, Alabama has marked Jefferson Davis' Birthday as a state holiday on ...

Following months of back and forth between the city and a local developer, the revitalization of the former historic hotel ...

An Alabama House bill would allow state employees to commemorate Juneteenth. With one condition. HB 367, sponsored by Chris Sells, R-Greenville, would add the June 19 holiday, which celebrates the end ...

Chesco250 said “the content originated from an intern unaware of Jefferson Davis’ role in American history and was posted through an automated process.” File - This 2017 photo shows a statue of ...

Mississippi honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis today. The Magnolia State isn't the only one to honor him with a state holiday or local celebration, but it is the only one to combine it with ...

Even Jim Crow Alabama couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for Jefferson Davis. When an Alabama House representative filed a bill in 1900 to make his birthday a holiday, the Birmingham Post-Herald called it ...