Removal of Confederate Monuments and Memorials

A Black Heritage Center Has Submitted A Proposal To Melt Down Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue

And then turn it into art. The Confederate monument, removed from a city park earlier this year, was at the center of a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017.
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Search For Confederate Time Capsule Ends: 'Done With Lost Causes'

“The search for this moldy Confederate box is over. We’re moving on.”
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Virginia's 12-Ton Robert E. Lee Statue Is Finally Removed

Crowds gathered to celebrate the moment, chanting, "Hey, hey, hey, goodbye."
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Confederate Bust To Be Removed From Tennessee Capitol After Decadeslong Fight

The bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate general, will be relocated to museum.
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, AP

Charlottesville To Remove Confederate Monuments Saturday

The development comes more than five years after a 2016 removal push focused on the Lee statue.
By Associated Press

House Votes To Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol

Republicans used the bill as an opportunity to blast Democrats and critical race theory.
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Work Begins To Remove Body Of KKK Leader From Memphis Park

“I think this is symbolic of where we are heading as a country,” said the leader the organization that owns the park holding Nathan Bedford Forrest's remains.
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GOP Candidate For Virginia Governor Defends Confederate Statues

No state removed more Confederate memorials in 2020 than Virginia, but Snyder, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, says those efforts are tantamount to erasing history.
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Virginia Lawmakers Vote To Remove Statue Of Staunch Segregationist

Harry F. Byrd Sr. is considered the architect of the state's racist “massive resistance” policy to public school integration.
By Sarah Rankin, AP

House Approves $731 Billion Defense Bill With Veto-Proof Majority

The vote came hours after Trump renewed his threat to veto the bill unless lawmakers clamp down on social media companies.
By AP