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Urine Trouble: The Great Confederate Doo-Doo Chair Caper Concludes With No Charges
Prosecutors dropped charges against a trio accused of a multi-state heist that involved a Confederate monument, feces and Assata Shakur.
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Study: Counties With More Confederate Statues Had More Lynchings
The University of Virginia study showed that in any given area, the number of lynchings was a “significant predictor” for the number of memorials.
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Lawsuit Over Confederate Monument in Tuskegee, Ala. Currently Stalled in Court
Attorneys have been unable to serve the lawsuit to members of the state and county-level chapters of United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Lawsuit Filed Over Century-Old Confederate Statue in the Majority-Black City of Tuskegee, Ala.
To invoke the spirit of chaos theorist Ian Malcolm, when these racist monuments gotta go, they gotta go.
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Georgia Has More Schools Named After Confederate Leaders Than Any Other State In the U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks says that many of the schools are in Black or non-white communities.
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Bronze Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally Removed on Saturday
The decision to take down statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson was years in the making.
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House Votes to Remove All Confederate Statues From US Capitol. Some Republicans are Predictably Big Mad
You would think that Republicans who are hellbent on burying America’s racist past would be OK with removing statues honoring America’s racist past, but no.
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Politicians, Lawyers and Military Officials Found to Be Members of Neo-Confederate Groups. In Other News, Water Is Still Wet
White nationalists hold positions of power? Wow, who could’ve seen that one coming.
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Sons of Confederate Veterans File Lawsuit to Have Monument Restored in Predominantly Black Decatur, Ga.
The 30-foot-high Confederate monument was removed from Decatur Square in 2020. Now, a bunch of salty white people are trying to have it restored.
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Exclusive Trailer: PBS POV Documentary The Neutral Ground Explores the Power a Losing Confederate Has in the U.S.
Here at The Root, we’ve provided exhaustive coverage on the ongoing fight in connection with the removal of Confederate monuments across the nation. The pushback against this glorification of inherently racist symbols has finally gotten some real results within the past few years. Sometimes protestors have to take action; sometimes government officials authorize the removal…and…