Confederate statues
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New Orleans’ ex-mayor talks about decision to remove Confederate statues
Former mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu spoke with WTOP about his new book and the debate over Confederate statues, a fight that began back in 2017 when he proposed their removal in the city.
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Groups using Super Bowl in push against Confederate statues
A coalition of civil rights groups in Atlanta is using this year’s Super Bowl to help kick off a renewed “war on the Confederacy,” in a fight to remove Confederate monuments around the nation.
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Richmond, Va. won’t ask to decide Confederate statues’ fate
The council governing Virginia’s capital city has once again indicated they don’t want the authority to determine the fate of the city’s Confederate monuments.
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Virginia mayor proposes creating city historical commission
One of the commission’s functions would be to provide guidance on the recommendations of the Monument Avenue Commission regarding the city’s Confederate statues.
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Judge: Councilors don’t have immunity in monuments lawsuit
A Charlottesville judge says the city council members who voted to remove two downtown Confederate monuments could be liable for attorneys’ fees and other costs if a lawsuit against them over the statues is successful.
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Report: 110 Confederate monuments removed in US since 2015
It took generations to erect all the nation’s Confederate monuments, and a new report shows they’re being removed at a pace of about three each month.
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Confederate monuments panel in Richmond gets more time
The commission studying what to do with Richmond, Virginia’s most prominent Confederate monuments has been given another month to complete its report.
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2 get jail for removing Confederate statues’ mourning tarps in Charlottesville
Two men have been convicted of removing multiple times the tarps that covered Confederate statues to mourn the counterprotester killed during last August’s violent white nationalist rally in Virginia.
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Bill introduced in Congress to remove Robert E. Lee statue from Antietam
To coincide with the Battle of Antietam’s 155th anniversary, a bill has been introduced in Congress calling for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed from the battlefield.
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Group ignores protest ban, plans rally at Richmond Confederate statue
The group, called “CSA II: The New Confederate States of America,” says it wants to raise awareness about the Confederacy.
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What to do with removed Confederate statues? Baltimore seeks ideas
After tearing down a number of Confederate monuments in the middle of the night last month, Baltimore wants public feedback on what they should do with the monuments.
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Va. man tries to cut down tarp covering Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville
A veteran and self-proclaimed free-speech advocate attempted to take down the black tarp covering a statue or Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville. See photos from the scene.
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Manassas cancels its planned ‘Civil War Weekend’
A Virginia city is canceling a planned “Civil War Weekend” in the wake of last week’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Where’s the best place for Confederate statues to be relocated?
Where should Confederate monuments go? Cities confronted with what to do with removed Confederate statues are handling the issue differently.
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Professor: History of statues informs whether to remove them
A day after Baltimore removed four controversial memorial statues overnight following the attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia, many cities, including D.C., are considering doing the same. A historian is weighing in on where cities can draw the line between respecting civil rights and erasing the past.
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