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Robert Wilkie Praised Confederate President As 'Martyr' In 1995 Speech

Trump's Veterans Affairs secretary referred to Jefferson Davis as an "exceptional man in an exceptional age."
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School Named For Confederate President To Be Renamed For A More Fitting One

Davis Elementary School in Jackson, Mississippi is named after Confederate General Jefferson Davis. Now, students, parents and teachers have voted to change the re-name their school after Barack Obama. But there’s a connection between the two men that will surprise you.
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Mississippi School To Swap Confederate Leader's Name For Barack Obama's

Nearly all the elementary school's students are black. It's currently named for Jefferson Davis.
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The First White House Of The Confederacy Is A Museum That Won't Talk About Slavery

As a recent Southern transplant, the glut of patriotic Confederate memorabilia was off-putting.
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Trump's Confederate Fallacies

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It's About Time For A Second Appomattox

It’s time to defeat the Confederacy, once and for all.
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What New York City Can Learn From New Orleans

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In Memphis And Throughout The Country, We Will Resist Confederate Apologists

The violence they inflict and the fear they instill must not deter us from ensuring shrines to slavers and their ideological kin are removed.
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Tearing Down the Structures – and the Systems – That Keep Racism Alive

New Orleans may tear down its Confederate monuments, but its oppressive institutions remain.
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University Of Texas Will Remove Jefferson Davis Statue

"While every historical figure leaves a mixed legacy, I believe Jefferson Davis is in a separate category, and that it is not in the university's best interest to continue commemorating him on our Main Mall."
By JIM VERTUNO, AP