Confederate Monuments

Education Featured Charlotte

North Carolina colleges taking steps to remove tributes to racism, white supremacy

Eight colleges in North Carolina are taking deliberate actions to scrub symbols of white supremacy from their campuses. A new

TheGrio Staff / April 7, 2022

Featured Crime

Assault charge dismissed against confederacy supporter who harassed Black elected official, sang ‘Dixie’

An assault charge against an open confederacy supporter who agitated a Black Memphis, Tennessee, elected official and sang “Dixie” as

TheGrio Staff / April 1, 2022

Featured News Politics

List of names to replace confederates at U.S. military facilities trimmed to 87

In 2021, the Federal Naming Commission announced that it planned to strip the names of confederate leaders from United States

TheGrio Staff / March 22, 2022

Black History Month Featured

Black History museum will decide fate of Richmond’s Confederate monuments

Last week, a Black-owned construction company began dismantling the remaining stone pedestals previously used to prop up massive Confederate statues

Chauncey Alcorn / February 7, 2022

Featured Politics Culture Watch

Lee statue, other Confederate monuments could go to Virginia Black History Museum under deal

The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia has agreed to house a statue and pedestal of Confederate General

Ny Magee / December 30, 2021

Featured Politics

Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that his administration will remove an enormous pedestal that until earlier this year held a

Associated Press / December 5, 2021

News Featured

Study finds more lynchings occur in counties with a higher number of Confederate memorials

A recent study from the University of Virginia (UVA) found that among states that formerly belonged to the Confederacy, a

TheGrio Staff / October 17, 2021