In high school, Allen’s ‘Hee Haw’ persona made him a polarizing figure. ‘He rode a little red Mustang around with a Confederate flag plate on the front,’ says Patrick Campbell, an old classmate, who ...

In a video clip from the 1930s, old Confederate soldiers step up to a microphone and let loose with the howling yelp that was once known as the fearsome "Rebel yell." From "The Rebel's Yell," Courtesy ...

Kings Dominion amusement park is quietly dropping the Confederate-themed name of its iconic roller coaster, Rebel Yell, and isn’t saying whether the decision is tied to the continuing debate over ...

It was just a little old harmless gathering—until the professor gave the rebel yell. A few dozen United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Children of the Confederacy and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A group that supports flying the Confederate flag called two Republican presidential candidates "scalawags and carpetbaggers" for their criticism of the banner during this week's GOP ...