Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White


Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
The confederate flag and window dressing racism

The confederate flag and window dressing racism

Kyle Campbell • October 21, 2015

I can’t tell you the date; all I remember is that it was a Sunday morning. It was one of many long, nondescript Sunday mornings I spent on the hour-long ride from my home in the Wiregrass to DeFuniak...

Bentley made right move to remove the flag

Eric Roddy • July 7, 2015

It seems rare, sometimes, for two great things to happen to the state of Alabama in the same week, let alone the same day, but on June 24, we found out that Google planned to pour $600 million into the...

Charleston tragedy redefines southern story

Charleston tragedy redefines southern story

Mark Hammontree, Leigh Terry • June 24, 2015

Somewhere in our Southern home, children are burying their parents. Somewhere in our Southern home, a congregation is laying to rest its pastor. Somewhere in our Southern home their alleged killer awaits...

Confederate flag symbol of culture, not hate

Ben Friedman • November 22, 2010

The Confederate flag (the “southern cross” for clarification, or the battle flag flown by certain soldiers in the Confederate army, though never the official flag of the C.S.A.) has been a controversial...

Flag unacceptable in modern South

Tray Smith • November 22, 2010

The idea that the Battle Flag of the Confederacy is simply a symbol of Southern heritage is often promoted to make the use of the flag seem acceptable. It is, in fact, the symbol of a treasonous rebellion...