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150-Year-Old Precedent Faces Changes in New, Blue Virginia
In the wake of a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach city building earlier this year, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney held a press conference at city hall.
Read moreVirginia City Goes to Court to Tear Down Confederate Statue
The coastal city of Norfolk filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the state of Virginia in hopes of removing a Confederate statue and rolling back a state law banning the removal of war monuments.
Read moreNAACP Sues Over Confederate Names on Virginia Schools
A Virginia chapter of the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Friday against a Richmond-area school district for using the names of Confederate leaders on two school buildings, claiming it forces black students to support a legacy of oppression.
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Virginia Dems Hope to Change State Law, Remove Confederate Statues
Before Arthur Ashe became the only black man in history to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open, he was forced to practice on racially segregated tennis courts in Richmond, Virginia, where thousands gathered Saturday for the formal renaming of a thoroughfare in the athlete’s honor.
Read moreConfederate Statue Removed From NC Courthouse Grounds
A Confederate statue was removed Tuesday from the grounds of an historic courthouse in North Carolina, sparking the latest debate in the state over such moments.
Read moreDescendants of KKK Leader Say Memphis Desecrated His Grave
Descendants of the Ku Klux Klan’s first leader Nathan Bedford Forrest claim in a lawsuit filed Monday that Memphis destroyed the Confederate general’s gravestone when it removed his statue from a city park.
Read moreTennessee City Fights Daughters of the Confederacy Over Monuments
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (CN) — Despite wide support from residents, Franklin, Tennessee has had to sue the local chapter of the
Read moreStacey Abrams Defends Burning Georgia Flag in 1992
Before she was the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, Stacey Abrams participated in a flag-burning protest of the Georgia state flag, which featured a prominent Confederate symbol, more than 25 years ago.
Read moreAtlanta Will Remove Confederate Names From City Streets
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday signed a bill renaming three city thoroughfares whose former monikers evoked the Confederacy.
Read moreNorth Carolina Panel Rejects Removal of Confederate Monuments
North Carolina’s Historical Commission on Wednesday decided three controversial Confederate monuments will remain standing at the old State Capitol two days after protestors toppled another on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus.
Read moreUniversity Leaders Condemn Confederate Statue Toppling in North Carolina
The President of the University of North Carolina and the university system’s board of governors on Tuesday promised a full investigation will be conducted in the Monday night protest that toppled a century-old Confederate monument on the state’s flagship campus.
Read moreConfederate Statue on UNC Campus Toppled by Protesters
A Confederate statue in the heart of North Carolina’s flagship university was toppled Monday night during a rally by hundreds of protesters who decried the memorial known as “Silent Sam” as a symbol of racist heritage.
Read moreRichmond Panel Urges Removal of 1 Confederate Monument
A commission studying what to do with the most prominent Confederate monuments in Richmond, Virginia, recommended Monday removing one honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Read moreAfter Charlottesville, Confederate Icon Removal Gathers Momentum and Backlash
Updating its 2016 report, the Southern Poverty Law Center charted progress in removing Confederate symbols following the deadly white supremacist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, but the hate-group monitor also found hundreds of icons remaining with a brewing backlash.
Read moreJudge OKs Removal of Confederate Statues in Memphis
As Memphis faces political fallout for using a loophole in state law to remove three Confederate statues from city parks, a state judge sided with the city Wednesday and declined to issue an injunction in favor of a Confederate heritage group.
Read moreGroup Calls Mississippi Flag ‘Racially Hostile’
A Mississippi nonprofit sued the city of Ocean Springs on Tuesday, claiming its display of the state flag is “racially hostile and demeaning” because of its inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem.
Read moreNew Orleans Mayor Honored for Confederate Monument Removal
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in May for his removal of four Confederate statues that were formerly prominently placed around the city, the Kennedy Library Foundation announced Tuesday.
Read moreChattanooga Backs Away From Confederate Past
Chattanooga, Tennessee, filed court papers to relinquish responsibility for the maintenance of a local Confederate cemetery, in one of the latest developments in the national debate about monuments to the Confederacy and their place in modern society.
Read moreLawmakers Take Up Bill to Rechristen Bridge for Girl Scouts Founder
After hundreds of Girl Scouts supporting the measure marched on the Georgia state capital, state lawmakers took up a bill Wednesday that would put the name of the group’s founder on a Savannah bridge, replacing the name of a white segregationist.
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