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Analysis | Republicans embrace a Confederate symbol, after years of unease
Washington Post· 6 days agoA racist massacre at a Black South Carolina church in 2015 and George Floyd’s murder in 2020...
In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 2 days agoFLE - A statue of confederate general Stonewall Jackson is removed on July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Shenandoah County, Virginia's school board voted 5- ...
Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National...
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Jackson council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in 2020. Why is it still standing?
Gannett via AOL· 5 days ago"As you can imagine, the interim director is juggling a lot of things right now. But we expect to...
House says no to returning Confederate memorial to Arlington
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDescendants of the statue’s sculptor also encouraged that it be taken down, The Washington Post...
Arizona GOP reps vote to restore racist 'mammy' statue
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe statue was taken down in December, when we finally decided that there should be no such thing as...
John W. Jones statue unveiling June 22: Why Elmira is celebrating its 'American hero'
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"This has been my dream, and the trustees supported it," Aaron said. "One day I was walking through...
Fate of Capital City’s Andrew Jackson Statue Still Undecided
Mississippi Free Press· 1 day agoJACKSON, Miss.—Andrew Jackson still stands outside City Hall in Jackson, Miss., nearly four years...
Appreciating our enslaved ancestors despite the relics of the Confederacy
NPR· 1 day agoIt’s about a group of Black citizens who filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to get rid of a Confederate monument in Columbia, N.C., the hometown of my grandfather and his ...
John Jones Museum to celebrate new statue unveiling
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — The Elmira community is invited to celebrate one of the city’s historical figures this weekend. The John W. Jones Museum is getting...