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North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place
1 year ago

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld a trial court judge’s decision to side with Alamance …

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Suit filed over Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee
3 years, 6 months ago

Suit filed over Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee

Associated Press  

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — A lawsuit has been filed that could decide the fate of a Confederate monument that has stood in a square at the center of nearly all-Black Tuskegee for 115 years. WSFA-TV reported that the Macon County Commission has filed suit against both the local and state chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy arguing that the …

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High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues
3 years, 11 months ago

High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

Associated Press  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Virginia’s highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block …

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Ole Miss moves Confederate statue from prominent campus spot
4 years, 8 months ago

Ole Miss moves Confederate statue from prominent campus spot

Associated Press  

— A Confederate monument that’s long been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi was removed Tuesday from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus, just two weeks after Mississippi surrendered the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem. Students and faculty have pushed the university for years to move the statue, but they have …

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Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical figures, been removed?
4 years, 9 months ago

Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical figures, been removed?

LA Times  

An image of George Floyd is projected on the base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va. States and municipalities across the nation are removing Confederate statues and those of other historical figures such as Christopher Columbus amid protests over systemic racism, police violence and the killing of George Floyd. — Associated Press Arkansas The …

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If Dolly Parton replaces Confederate monuments, it wouldn’t be her first statue
4 years, 9 months ago

If Dolly Parton replaces Confederate monuments, it wouldn’t be her first statue

LA Times  

Dolly Parton’s fans are rallying on social media to get a statue of the beloved country queen to replace old monuments of Confederate and Ku Klux Klan leaders in her native Tennessee. https://t.co/FxcPYyP6oC — Natalie Allison June 15, 2020 The call to replace Confederate monuments in Tennessee with Parton picked up momentum in December, when Republican state Rep. Jeremy Faison …

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Virginia Judge Blocks Plan To Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee
4 years, 9 months ago

Virginia Judge Blocks Plan To Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee

NPR  

Virginia Judge Blocks Plan To Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP A judge in Richmond, Va., has issued a temporary injunction blocking removal of a massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee until a lawsuit seeking to halt the removal can be heard. But on Monday, Judge Bradley …

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Lawmakers pass bill allowing Confederate monument removals
5 years ago

Lawmakers pass bill allowing Confederate monument removals

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Some of Virginia’s scores of Confederate monuments could soon be removed under legislation state lawmakers approved Sunday. After white supremacists descended on Charlottesville in 2017, in part to protest the city’s attempt to move a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, many places across the country quickly started taking Confederate monuments down. If it decides to remove …

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Virginia Dems pledge to let locals move Confederate statues
5 years, 2 months ago

Virginia Dems pledge to let locals move Confederate statues

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Newly empowered Democratic leaders in Virginia pledged Thursday to let local governments remove Confederate monuments, but Gov. At a news conference with legislative leaders and state officials, the governor also said he supports removing a statue of Lee that Virginia contributed to the U.S. Capitol grounds, and amending an existing state law that prohibits local governments from …

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In rare move, N. Carolina county removes Confederate statue
5 years, 4 months ago

In rare move, N. Carolina county removes Confederate statue

Associated Press  

PITTSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina county removed a Confederate statue from a historic courthouse early Wednesday, joining the handful of places around the state where such monuments have come down in recent years despite a law protecting them. Preparations began Tuesday night to carefully dismantle the statue of a soldier outside the historic Chatham County courthouse, where it had …

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UNC leader announces plan to remove Confederate pedestal
6 years, 2 months ago

UNC leader announces plan to remove Confederate pedestal

Associated Press  

North Carolina’s flagship public university plans to remove the pedestal where a now-toppled Confederate statue once stood on a main campus quad, its chancellor said Monday. “It lacks transparency and it undermines and insults the Board’s goal to operate with class and dignity.” As the public face of the university, Folt had been criticized both by those who wanted the …

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History shared but unreconciled in city’s Confederate statue
6 years, 7 months ago

History shared but unreconciled in city’s Confederate statue

Associated Press  

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — In 1906, when aging, white Confederate veterans of the Civil War and black ex-slaves still lived on the old plantations of the Deep South, two very different celebrations were afoot in this city known even then as a beacon of black empowerment. ___ In 1860, before the Civil War began, Census records show 1,020 white people owned …

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Editorial: Why on earth do we have Confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol?
7 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: Why on earth do we have Confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol?

LA Times  

The American Civil War sputtered to its brutal finish more than 150 years ago, with the United States battered but still united. The latest front: Statues in the U.S. Capitol building provided by the states — two from each — that include some men who led or fought in the rebellion on behalf of Southern slavery. Their Confederate Monument Removal …

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Takiyah Thompson, Hailed As 'Hero,' Showered With Support For Toppling Confederate Statue
7 years, 7 months ago

Takiyah Thompson, Hailed As 'Hero,' Showered With Support For Toppling Confederate Statue

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Takiyah Thompson, a 22-year-old student activist who participated in tearing down a Confederate statue during a protest in Durham, North Carolina has been released from jail. pic.twitter.com/GjG3ccK65m — dante strobino August 15, 2017 During the 4 p.m. press conference after which police arrived to apprehend her on Tuesday, Thompson maintained that her actions and the actions were …

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Statues to Confederacy in its ex-capital spur soul-searching
7 years, 8 months ago

Statues to Confederacy in its ex-capital spur soul-searching

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — When a French artist’s statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived by train in Richmond in 1890, thousands helped haul the enormous pieces to what is today the city’s grandest boulevard. “This new mayor, who we had hoped would break with the traditions of the past, has stated he doesn’t think that the statues should come down.. …

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