confederate monuments removal
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Committee Considers Removing Name of KKK Leader From Atlanta School
You know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and KKK leaders, and it took the deaths of multiple Black people and months of protests for school boards to finally go, “You know, we might have a problem here.” According to AJC, Jason Esteves, the Atlanta school…
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Confederate Monument Taken Down in Georgia Town
In Georgia, a monument honoring fallen Confederate soldiers was taken down late Tuesday night. Earlier this month, the Henry County Commission voted to remove the statue, according to ABC News. The monument, which had been a fixture in McDonough Square for over 100 years, was removed from its pedestal by construction workers using a crane.…
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Hologram of George Floyd Displayed Over Robert E. Lee Monument in Virginia
On Tuesday night in Richmond, Va., a group of organizers projected a hologram of George Floyd over a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as part of an effort to confront America’s long history of systemic racism. CBS News reports that this was the inaugural event for the George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project, a…
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A High School in Virginia Named After Robert E. Lee Will Be Renamed After John Lewis
A school district in Virginia has voted that a high school named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be renamed for Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17. CNN reports that the Fairfax County School Board allowed people to submit suggestions for a month, and held a virtual town hall and a…
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House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From the Capitol
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol. According to Politico, the bill would remove a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney from the Old Supreme Court Chamber. Taney was a Supreme Court justice who was responsible for the Dred Scott decision that ruled Black people were not…
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Virginia Schools Are Changing Their Confederate Names Because Honoring Slavery Is No Way to Teach History
White people want to have it both ways. They want so badly for Black people to understand that “the past is the past” and that “slavery is over,” but they also want desperately to cling to every monument and flag that celebrates institutions of oppression. They also apparently enjoy having things named for leaders of…
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Armed Black Militia Marches Through Stone Mountain Park Calling for Removal of Nation’s Largest Confederate Monument
It’s often said that if Black people took up arms and marched through the streets, gun laws would get passed with the quickness. It’s been said we could never get away with it the way mobs of white protesters have been able to this year alone. Well, on the Fourth of July, about 1,000 heavily…
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Trump Predictably Fuels Racial Tensions at Mount Rushmore Rally, Says 'Growing Danger' Threatens Statues and America
“I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.” This is how the President started his rally at Mount Rushmore on Friday, in what was a clear attempt to drive a “full-on culture war,” according to a…
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Mississippi Governor Grudgingly Says He'll Sign a Bill to Change the State's Confederate Flag
Lawmakers in Mississippi responded to increased pressure over the state’s distasteful flag—which boasts the battle emblem of the treasonous, slavery loving Confederacy—by passing a measure this weekend that makes it possible for the flag to be changed legislatively. On Saturday, two-thirds of the Mississippi House voted for a resolution to allow lawmakers to consider a…
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Descendants of Confederate General John B. Gordon Request His Monument Removed From Georgia State Capitol
The fight to remove Confederate monuments has only intensified over the last month of nationwide protests. Now, it’s not only protestors asking for these monuments to be removed but even the relatives of those who had monuments made in their memory. AJC reports that 44 descendants of Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon have sent a…