Removal of Confederate Monuments and Memorials

Protests Continue In U.S. After Deaths Of More Black Men

Roughly 150 protesters marched outside an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant to protest the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by a white police officer.
By Russ Bynum and Ed White, AP

Tennessee Lawmakers Vote To Keep KKK Leader’s Bust In Capitol, Igniting Protests

The bust of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest was likened to a monument to Adolf Hitler. Supporters said removing it would erase history.
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Trump Defends Confederacy –– Again

The president “will not even consider” renaming military bases that honor Confederate leaders.
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Petition Calls For Statue Of GWAR’s Oderus Urungus To Replace Robert E. Lee

The heavy metal shock-rock icon was a longtime Virginia resident.
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Statues Linked To Racist Past Toppled And Vandalized Around The U.S.

Monuments honoring Confederate figures or Christopher Columbus have been vandalized, set on fire and thrown in lakes this week.
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Public Opinion On Taking Down Confederate Monuments Hasn't Budged In The Last Three Years

Most Americans disapprove of flying the Confederate flag, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, but just a third favor removing statues and memorials.
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Christopher Columbus Statue Beheaded In Boston Park

Boston police told HuffPost that there have been no arrests in connection with the vandalism to the likeness of the famed genocidal explorer.
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The Fall Of America's Monuments To Racism

Worldwide protests over anti-Black racism and police brutality renewed efforts to take down Confederate monuments.
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Protesters Topple Confederate Statue In Virginia Capital

The statue of Gen. Williams Carter Wickham was pulled from its pedestal in a Richmond park, where it had stood since 1891.
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Virginia To Take Down Robert E. Lee Statue

Activists have long denounced the monument to the Confederate leader, which has spurred increased backlash as people protest against racist police brutality.
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