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Crews remove the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond on Sept. 8. Pending city council approval, the statue and eight other Confederate monuments will be moved to Richmond's Black History Museum.

Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue will move to the city's Black History Museum

Dec 30, 2021
The massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and eight other monuments will move to the museum after the city council approves the plan.
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National
Virignia Gov. Ralph Northam ( center) watches as lead conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Kate Ridgway (left) and Sue Donovon, conservator for Special Collections for the University of Virginia, remove the contents of a time ca

Experts find books, a coin and an envelope in Robert E. Lee statue's base

Dec 22, 2021
A small box was found in the pedestal that used to hold a statue of the Confederate general in Richmond, Va. It took hours for experts to open the box and find several water-damaged items inside.
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Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous Unite the Right rally where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

Charlottesville's statue of Robert E. Lee will soon be melted down into public art

Dec 07, 2021
The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue That Sparked A Deadly Rally

Jul 10, 2021
The Virginia city took down statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, toppling symbols that were at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.
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A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is shown in Market Street Park July 9, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va. The statute, along with another of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, will be removed Saturday.

Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally To Be Removed Saturday

Jul 09, 2021
Statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson will be removed in the Virginia city almost four years after the deadly Unite the Right rally.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A statue of a Confederate Soldier on Washington Street in Lewisburg, W.Va.

Confederate Statues Come Down Around U.S., But Not Everywhere

Oct 06, 2020
Though George Floyd's death renewed calls to remove Confederate monuments, some cities formally decided to protect them.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Work crews remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson on Wednesday in Richmond, Va. The city's mayor, Levar Stoney, has ordered the immediate removal of multiple Confederate statues in the city, saying he was using his emergency powers to sp

Richmond, Va., Mayor Orders Emergency Removal Of Confederate Statues

Jul 01, 2020
A crane and a cherry picker soon arrived on the city's Monument Avenue to remove the statue of Stonewall Jackson before cheering crowds.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
A statue commemorating Confederate Gen. Albert Pike sits on the ground moments after protesters toppled it late Friday night in Washington, D.C.

Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury

Jun 20, 2020
The statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike was long a unique sight in the nation's capital. But it met the same inglorious fate Friday as a host of other controversial monuments across the U.S.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
A statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, in Richmond, Va., in 2017. Protesters toppled the statue late Wednesday.

Protesters Topple Jefferson Davis Statue In Richmond, Va.

Jun 11, 2020
The statue of the president of the Confederacy has stood atop a large pedestal on Richmond's Monument Avenue since 1907. It is the third statue in Richmond torn down this week.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A large group of protesters gathered around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, on Tuesday in Richmond, Va. The crowd protesting police brutality chanted, "Tear it down."

Massive Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond, Va., Will Be Removed

Jun 04, 2020
Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the monument honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will removed "as soon as possible."
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Kehinde Wiley's statue <em>Rumors of War</em> spent several weeks at New York's Times Square in late September. The work was unveiled Tuesday in Richmond as a permanent installation.

New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments

Dec 10, 2019
Kehinde Wiley's new sculpture mimics one of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. The new work stands in front of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a mile from its inspiration.
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Law
A man looks at a Confederate monument in Linn Park this summer in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama's attorney general sued the city of Birmingham in 2017 for covering the inscriptions at the base of the monument.

Confederate Monument Law Upheld By Alabama Supreme Court

Nov 27, 2019
The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.
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A guard walks past a monument at North Alton Confederate Cemetery in Alton, Ill. The federal government has hired private security firms to guard several Confederate memorials across the U.S in the aftermath of clashes between white nationalists and coun

In Wake Of Charlottesville, Federal Government Pays To Protect Confederate Cemeteries

Oct 16, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs has spent millions providing round-the-clock protection to guard graves and memorials dedicated to Confederate soldiers.
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Bishop O.C. Allen III stands outside his church, a few feet away from Confederate Avenue, in Atlanta. After years of residents' efforts to change the street's name, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed legislation to rename it to United Avenue on Wednesday.

Atlanta To Change Names Of Streets That Honored Confederacy

Oct 04, 2018
The city's mayor signed a bill renaming three streets. Many local governments have taken similar measures in the wake of last year's white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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A historical commission decided that Confederate monuments at the State Capitol building in Raleigh, including this one recognizing the North Carolina women of the Confederacy, will not be moved.

3 North Carolina Confederate Monuments Will Stay In Place, Commission Decides

Aug 22, 2018
It also recommends at least one monument to be added to the Capitol grounds that highlights the contributions of the state's African American citizens, and new signage on the existing statues.
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National
Police stand guard after the Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday.

After A Year Of Rising Tensions, Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue On UNC Campus

Aug 21, 2018
A crowd of about 250 students, faculty and residents stormed the bronze sculpture of a Confederate soldier, using ropes to yank it from its century-old pedestal.
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The Two-Way
The shroud that had obscured the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va.'s, Emancipation Park since August was removed Wednesday morning. A judge ruled the shroud, as well as one over a Stonewall Jackson monument in a second park, was obstructing th

Shrouds Pulled From Charlottesville Confederate Statues, Following Ruling

Feb 28, 2018
The coverings, which had been in place since a white supremacist rally in the Virginia city ended in bloodshed last August, were ordered removed by a judge on Tuesday.
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The Two-Way
This statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from a park in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday night, following the sale of the park to a nonprofit group.

Finding A Legal Loophole, Memphis Takes Down Its Confederate Statues

Dec 21, 2017
To skirt a state law prohibiting the monuments' removal, the city sold two of its parks to a new nonprofit. "In all of my life in Memphis, I've never seen such solidarity," said Mayor Jim Strickland.
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Around the Nation
Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, says it's important to preserve and remember the lives and work of enslaved people whose names have often been forgotten.

Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves

Sep 13, 2017
A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.
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The Two-Way
The Washington National Cathedral decided to remove the Confederate battle flag from its windows last year. Its leaders decided this week to take down stained-glass windows portraying Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

National Cathedral Is Removing Stained-Glass Windows Honoring Confederate Leaders

Sep 06, 2017
"Are these windows, installed in 1953, an appropriate part of the sacred fabric of a spiritual home for the nation?" The answer, the cathedral's leadership decided Tuesday, is no.
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Lee Elementary in Oklahoma City where historians aren't sure if the school is named for Robert E. Lee, or Oscar Lee, a prominent Oklahoma businessman.

These Oklahoma City Schools Are Named For Confederate Generals ... Or Are They?

Sep 04, 2017
Oklahoma City school leaders announced they wanted the community to decide whether to change the names of four schools, only to find that some important details about the schools may be lost to time.
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Around the Nation
A statue depicting Confederate Gen. and former Georgia Gov. John Brown Gordon on horseback outside the Georgia Statehouse in Atlanta earlier this month. Gordon was also reputed to be a leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Martin Luther King Jr. Statue To Join Confederates At Georgia's Capitol

Aug 28, 2017
King is the first African-American to be memorialized on the state Capitol grounds, where monuments to Confederate generals and segregationists stand.
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The Two-Way
City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday. The city council voted to cover the statues to symbolize the city's mourning of Heather Heyer, who was killed while

Charlottesville Shrouds Its Robert E. Lee And Stonewall Jackson Statues

Aug 23, 2017
The black tarps are a gesture of the city's mourning for Heather Heyer, who was struck and killed by a driver while she was protesting against a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12.
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The Two-Way
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from the University of Texas campus early Monday morning in Austin. University President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of the Lee statue and three other prominent Confederate-era figures f

Confederate Statues Come Down At The University Of Texas

Aug 21, 2017
President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and three other figures from a main area of campus. The removals should be complete by mid-morning Monday.
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History
Brig. Gen. Joseph Finnegan has a grave monument in Jacksonville, Fla.'s Old City Cemetery. City Council President Anna Lopez Brosche has called for Confederate monuments to be removed from public property.

Who Are The Confederate Men Memorialized With Statues?

Aug 18, 2017
Confederate statues and monuments are coming down all over the country.

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