UPDATE: The Hays CISD school board voted Thursday night to allow "Dixie" to be on the ballot for students when they vote for a new fight song. BUDA, Texas -- The Hays High Rebels are known for their ...

When Ty Calvin played football for Hays High School, Confederate flags decorated stadium bleachers and the backs of pickup trucks and fans sang “Dixie” with Rebel pride. Being young and Black was a ...

LITTLE ROCK — A school board in northwestern Arkansas voted Monday to drop a high school’s “Johnny Reb” mascot and “Dixie” fight song after the shooting deaths of nine people inside their historic ...