Clara Smith of Melbourne supported Lopez's ordinance on behalf of the South Brevard County branch of the NAACP. She pointed out that New Shiloh Christian Church, a predominantly black church, has ...

MELBOURNE — Wielding a bullhorn, United Third Bridge President Samuel Lopez chanted, "No hate! No hate! No hate!" while roughly a dozen Confederate battle-flag protesters marched around him in a ...

MELBOURNE – Holding a Confederate battle flag on a wooden stick aloft in her right hand, Dawn Boyd addressed the Melbourne City Council wearing a gray T-shirt depicting the flag alongside the ...

I love the Confederate flag, but I love South Carolina and its citizens more. While the flag’s existence on the statehouse grounds never offended me — and it still does not today — I can’t ...