Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, many states with statues honoring Confederate leaders made the decision to take them down. Similarly, schools named after people who played an important role in the Confederacy were ...
Last summer numerous Confederate statues were removed from their spots following George Floyd’s death and protests against police brutality and racism that took place around the world. Ten days after Floyd’s death, Virginia Governor Ralph ...
It has stood alongside America’s first president for over 100 years but now the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from the U.S capitol overnight. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Monday ...
Over the past few years there’s been an intensifying debate in the US about whether to remove statues and monuments honoring Confederate soldiers and other controversial figures. Opponents argue we shouldn’t celebrate people who fought ...
On Wednesday night, Chris Green attended a Black lives matter protest in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia. During the evening demonstration, the crowd gathered around a Confederate soldier statue and began tearing it down. But the ...
In the wake of the George Floyd’s death and more than a week of protests against police brutality, cities in the South have begun removing Confederate statues and monuments. Jacksonville, Florida. Dallas, Texas. Mobile, Alabama. ...