Confederate Monument

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December 28, 2023
Crews removed a confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park Wednesday morning following years of public controversy.
December 12, 2022
Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay…
January 28, 2022
The Southern Poverty Law Center's 'Whose Heritage?' project—which tracks the removal of Confederate memorials—is set for release next month.
John Lewis thegrio.com
January 30, 2021
A Confederate structure was taken down last year and in its place, officials now plan to erect a monument that…
July 5, 2020
A group of mostly Black and mostly armed protesters descended on Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta Saturday to stage a…
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January 15, 2019
Despite the controversy surrounding erection of a barrier around a confederate monument in Birmingham, Ala., it is still free speech…
monuments thegrio.com
August 12, 2018
Preserving Black monuments can be a way for us to create healing, education and reconciliation in the wake of Charlottesville.
Confederate monument thegrio.com
August 9, 2018
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — In 1906, when aging, white Confederate veterans of the Civil War and black ex-slaves still lived
Harriet Tubman theGrio.com
February 16, 2018
A park site in Baltimore that was once the home of Confederate monuments will soon be rededicated to Harriet Tubman.…
December 21, 2017
On Wednesday night, the city of Memphis got rid of two Confederate statues, including a statue of Confederate President Jefferson…
October 2, 2017
Pete Freedman, co-founder of Central Track, wrote why Badu deserves to be honored on their website and plans to present…