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Tennessee County Gets Permission to Remove Confederate Flag from Seal
In an April 22 hearing, the state’s Historical Commission gave Williamson County Tennessee permission to redesign the county seal
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Mississippi Protesters Want to End Confederacy Holiday [Updated]
A Mississippi law allowed offices to be closed for Confederate Memorial Day.
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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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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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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…
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What Better Way to Celebrate the Last Day of Black History Month Than…a Conference Honoring the Confederacy?
On the last day of Black History Month, America sent to me… a white nationalist event honoring the Confederacy. (You should have been singing this in the tune of “12 Days of Christmas” in case that wasn’t clear.) Huffington Post reported that a North Carolina branch of the Hilton Hotel franchise will be hosting an…
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"Reparations" for Confederates? UNC System Trustees Face Backlash After Paying More than $2.5 Million to Confederate Group to House 'Silent Sam'
Some are calling it a “payoff.” Others have called it “hush money” and “reparations.” The University of North Carolina System is calling it “a lawful and lasting path” to prevent Confederate statues and insignia from finding homes on its campuses. But what it is, in practical terms, is $2.5 million handed directly from North Carolina’s…
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It's 2018 and These Trash Bags Are Still Erecting Confederate Monuments
To see the ways in which a country views itself, and its history, you need look no further than its monuments and memorials. These civic markers act as modes of remembrance, imploring onlookers to remember great historical feats and figures (as the Lincoln Memorial does), or to reflect on a complicated past (as the Vietnam…
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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down
For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade, a Confederate general who orchestrated the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, and the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—loomed over downtown Memphis, Tenn. At 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, a time the New York…