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No more Robert E. Lee Drive? Battle over Confederate street names spills into court
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFrom Robert E. Lee Drive to General Forrest Court, several streets in the city of Forest Hills have...
Robert E Lee Confederate statue at centre of 2017 white supremacist riots has been melted down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe statue of Robert E Lee that provoked the Charlottesville white nationalist riot in 2017 has been...
Controversial statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee melted down for future art project
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was removed from Charlottesville, Va.'s Market...
West Point to remove Robert E. Lee portrait, bust
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWest Point over its holiday break will remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform as well as a bust of the general from prominent spots on...
Georgia county refuses to change Confederate street names
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCity leaders on the outskirts of Atlanta declined to pass a new measure that would replace streets...
Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPutting the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson back on Virginia schools is reminder of how...
Hot Springs hears from organization about plans to fund half of Robert E. Lee plaque costs
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHOT SPRINGS - After a plaque honoring a Confederate general was stolen off its monument in March...
Lee County’s namesake: how it was founded and the controversy that follows years later
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLee County celebrated its birthday this past weekend, turning 136 years old on May 13. Home to over...
The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...
Meet the Real Villains of Black History
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBlack History is filled with heroes, but it also has it’s fair share of villains. From Robert E. Lee to David Duke, here are the most terrifying men and...