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Confederate monument taken down in Jacksonville
The Hill via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA Confederate monument was taken down in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday following an order from the city’s mayor, as public officials around the U.S....
Nude sculpture with a snake that stood at a former confederate site has been removed
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 1,500-pound sculpture that occupied space where a statue of confederate general Robert E. Lee once...
This Navy place of honor now bears Farragut's name after the Confederate one was stripped
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new...
Jackson council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in 2020. Why is it still standing?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 days agoBack in 2020, the Jackson City Council voted to remove the statue of seventh president Andrew...
E.D. White was a Confederate soldier and white supremacist. Is a change of heart enough?
The Courier via Yahoo News· 11 months agoE.D. White High’s website says the Thibodaux school’s roots “extend deep into the soil of Bayou...
While change underway, Nicholls State University's name a reminder of Confederate past
The Courier via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOf all the local institutions named for people with histories of racism and white supremacy, none...
Reckoning with racism: School name changes often start with activism, community dialogue
The Courier via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn many cases where names of schools or buildings are identified as having problematic namesakes,...
This App Could Change How Kids Learn About Historical Heroes
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA monument of Gaspar Yanga, created in augmented reality through the app Kinfolk, sits in Brooklyn....
Portland's Victoria Mansion confronts its ties to slave economy
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—In 1868, David Wilson was living in New Orleans on Calliope Street with his wife, Winnie. He was working as a barber. The Civil War had ended only three years earlier, and Wilson went ...
The Brilliant Scholar Who’s Challenging Racism In Game Design
Kotaku via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThis article is part of our new women in gaming series Makers of Now. During her keynote speech at...