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Pro-Confederates celebrating 'Confederate Memorial Day' clashed with protestors at Georgia's Stone Mountain
"We have been fighting this war since 1861. We will be victorious," a Sons of Confederate Veterans …
Katie Balevic
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A new bill in Florida would allow citizens to sue for damage to or removal of Confederate statues
The bill does not explicitly mention Confederate statues and is meant to protect all historical mon…
Hannah Getahun
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House Republicans urge Pentagon to block removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery
A group of more than 40 Republican lawmakers want to stop the Pentagon from removing a controversia…
Nathan Rennolds
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One man's 21-year protest to take down a Confederate monument - and force his Texas town to face its racist legacy
One man had been protesting a Confederate monument in his Texas town since the 1990s. In 2020, it w…
Lisa Bubert
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Georgia removed 2 Confederate statues in 1 week as cities continue to reckon with racist pasts
Confederate statues were removed from Georgia's city of Dalton and Gwinnett County nearly 9 months …
Bre'Anna Grant
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The largest Confederate statue in the US was removed and the crowd cheered, 'hey, hey, hey, goodbye'
Virginia's Democratic governor ordered the statue of Robert E. Lee to be removed more than a year a…
Kimberly Leonard
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Hurricane Laura knocked down a Confederate 'Defender's Monument' in Louisiana, weeks after local officials voted to keep it
Weeks after officials voted to keep a Confederate monument outside the Calcasieu Parish courthouse …
Susie Neilson
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US military academies should honor 'greatest examples' of the past and ditch Confederate names, commission says
The commission said removing the names of those who defended slavery was not about "erasing history…
Charles R. Davis
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Confederate flags banned from CMA country music festival for the first time
The Country Music Association said it was banning "Confederate flag imagery of any kind" from CMA F…
Alia Shoaib
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Nearly 30 Confederate monuments have been protected in the US as anti-racism activists call for them to be dismantled
While anti-racism activists have called for monuments to the Confederacy to be dismantled, more tha…
Connor Perrett
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Photos show how anti-racism protesters in the US and Europe are reclaiming monuments that glorify colonialism, slavery, or the Confederacy
The movement follows the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed after a white Minneapoli…
Natalie Colarossi
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Virginia police charged a Black lawmaker with damaging a Confederate monument. She reportedly left the protest hours before the vandalism began.
Sen. L. Louise Lucas, the first Black woman to serve as the state's Senate Pro Tempore, is charged …
Michelle Mark
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Photos show how the Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia has been reclaimed to support the Black Lives Matter movement
"There's just a feeling of community and family. All around the circle, you have all different peop…
Natalie Colarossi
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This map shows how many Confederate monuments and symbols still stand in the US
Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the number of confederate symbols in each state. Southern states…
Madison Hoff
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signal openness to renaming US Army bases that honor Confederate leaders
"The secretary of the Army is open to a bi-partisan discussion on the topic," a spokesperson said M…
Charles Davis
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Two people accused of stealing a Confederate monument worth $500,000 from an Alabama cemetery were arrested in New Orleans, police say
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair was taken from a cemetery Selma, Alabama cemetery in late March.
Taylor Ardrey
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Confederate artifacts were discovered inside of an 1887 box buried under a now-removed Robert E. Lee statue. Again.
Conservators revealed coins, bullets, books, and other items in the unveiling of the box, according…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Trump is defending Confederate monuments as his GOP allies compare anti-racism protesters to the Confederacy
The president's allies are trying to portray anti-racism protesters and their agenda that opposes t…
John Haltiwanger
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A Tennessee commission voted to remove the bust of the KKK's first grand wizard from state Capitol
According to local reports, the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest will be removed from the state Capit…
Taylor Ardrey
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Mnuchin defends Trump's stance on Confederate monuments: 'We need to have a balanced view of history'
Trump is swimming against the current of history by repeatedly defending symbols of the Confederacy.