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Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...
View Article The post Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states appeared first on TheGrio. Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
Mississippi Democrats have filed bills to remove Confederate symbols from the state capitol and Washington D.C.
The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests, mainly due to their connections to racism.The majority are in the United States and mostly commemorate the Confederate States of America (CSA), but some monuments were also removed in other countries, for example the statues of slave traders in the United Kingdom.
But some say the removal of such symbols is an act of erasing history. A 2020 Washington Post poll found that 52% of Americans are against removing public statues that honor Confederate generals. ...
In the first two months after the Charleston shooting, 173 Confederate flag rallies were held. [267] Confederate flags were displayed at rallies supporting Donald Trump. A police officer, Michael Peters, resigned after being suspended for flying a Confederate flag from his pickup truck at a "Love Trumps Hate" rally, three days after Trump's ...
A descendant of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, makes an impassioned call to remove Confederate statues. 'Black lives matter,' descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee tells Congress ...