Confederate Statues

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Confederate Statue, Albert Pike,
October 29, 2025
The Trump Administration restored the statue of Albert Pike, a controversial Confederate general to its post in downtown Washington D.C..
Robert E. Lee statue thegrio.com
October 17, 2021
"We can’t pinpoint exactly the cause and effect. But the association is clearly there,” said a research team member at…
Democratic Leadership Of Virginia Surrounded In Controvesy After Racists Photos And Sexual Assault Allegations Surface
April 6, 2021
A group calling themselves White Lies Matter is holding a stolen Confederate statue for ransom unless their demands are met.
February 25, 2021
Activists Alicia Garza and Chelsea Miller discuss The Pedestal Project's innovative AR technology to honor contemporary Black figures.
European Premiere Of Marvel Studios' Black Panther
August 31, 2020
The petition to Anderson, S.C. called Chadwick Boseman an “American treasure,” saying the actor should be honored in the “place…
Statuary Hall theGrio.com
July 23, 2020
The United States House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove all Confederate statues from the Capitol. The bill is…
Nathan Bedford Forrest theGrio.com
June 12, 2020
The bronze bust of Confederate and Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, will remain inside the Tennessee State Capitol.
May 2, 2019
Charlottesville's Confederate statues are war monuments and protected under state law and can’t be taken down, a Virginia judge has…
Confederate statue in Alabama thegrio.com
April 18, 2018
[griojw id=”NQy0W98l” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey does not believe in letting bygones be bygones. The Hill reports that Ivey
October 5, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit over Charlottesville's plans to remove a statue of…
September 7, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some of the oldest and largest Confederate statues in the U.S. tower over Monument Avenue, a…
July 4, 2017
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — City commissioners in Florida have agreed to begin the process of changing the names of streets…