Using photographs of black males as targets for shooting practices is wrong. It sends a subliminal message that de-sensitizes and de-values the lives of African-American males. In fact, a picture of any human being should never be used, especially for law enforcement training. They should only be allowed to use the silhouette pictures for target practice.

Last week, House Republicans poured salt into an open wound by trying to ram through a bill allowing Confederate battle flags to fly on federal sites and national parks. Just as the people of South Carolina were coming together across party lines to take down the Confederate flag in a healing show of unity, Republicans in Congress were doing whatever they could to protect this symbol of hate and division. Sign the petition: tell Congress to remove the Confederate battle flag from the U.S. Capitol and get back to work!

As a 5th generation California, I am proud of the fact that California opposed the Confederacy and supported the Union cause in the Civil War. Mr. Calvert has perverted California history by supporting the Confederate flag in his official capacity as a representative of California in the US House of Representatives.

To save a man's life who is suffering with a polio condition and is being treated unfairly against all human rights!

It's time to stop shining a light on Confederate icon or traitors. The flag is down. It's time to shake loose the last vestiges of the things that continue to divide us. The KKK was and is a domestic terrorist organization. They do not deserve state-sponsored recognition.

I am a Detroiter. My ancestors fled the south due to what they experienced regarding the terror of the Klan and the rebel flag which is their signature just like the burning cross. It sends a message of hate and intolerance and bigotry and ignorance to the feelings of others.

Macon's City Center (2nd Street) should honor and highlight the best of what Macon has to offer. The confederate statute that currently fills the place is not a reflection of Macon now, and certainly not of our future. Sign this petition if you support replacing the confederate statue with the Otis Redding Statute or a combined community art piece led by artist representing neighborhoods from across Macon-Bibb.

It is an insult and hurtful to millions of Americans and Floridians that have to pass this symbol of the war against the United States by Southern states to withdraw from the Union and to retain slavery.

Delegate Karen Lewis Young, of Frederick, has proposed a bill to change the state song of Maryland. Let us join with Delegate Young to demand that our state no longer endorse Confederate propaganda. You can read the complete lyrics of "Maryland, My Maryland" here: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/lyricsco.html

A Confederate monument sits on display at downtown Orlando’s popular Lake Eola Park, a family-centered public space where inclusiveness is celebrated through many events and amenities. The statue's inscription boasts: "This monument shall stand for years to come as our loving tribute to the Confederate soldier and as a memorial of his heroic courage, his unparalleled devotion, and his unselfish patriotism." We ask, what exactly is it that makes a monument of a Confederate soldier an appropriate symbol of patriotism to the United States of America when the goal of the Confederacy was to secede from the United States? This is NOT patriotism. This monument also represents an overt display of pride in the marginalization of, and violence towards, Black people in the South as the Confederacy fought for secession in order to protect Southern supporters of slavery and its presence is entirely unacceptable in this public park. We must learn from our past, but there are much more appropriate places for that learning to take place, such as a state history museum.

Governor Bryant has stated that he will not call a special session of the MS Legislature unless one of the factors was a major economic project. We contend that changing the MS Flag, by removing the Beauregard Confederate Battle Flag in its canton corner, is the most important economic project Mississippi will undertake in its nearly 200-year history.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans are tired of the Ku Klux Klan misusing the Confederate and United States flag for their own perverted purposes.