Last publicly owned Confederate memorial in Richmond comes down

A Historian Explains Why Confederate Statues Should Come Down

In this city, and at this time, there are very few valid arguments in favor of keeping Confederate memorials on Monument Avenue in place, and an ...

As monuments fall, how does the world reckon with a racist past?

The irony that Arthur Ashe could well be the last man standing on Richmond's Monument Avenue is testament to the power of sustained moral ...

Where Confederate monuments end up | CNN

Orlando's “Johnny Reb” statue is destined for the Confederate veterans' section of city-owned Greenwood Cemetery, after it was removed in June ...

Yale scholar's work influences removal of Lee statue - YaleNews

Yale historian David Blight's work on the Civil War in American memory helped make the case for removing one of Richmond's most prominent Confederate monuments.

Confederate Monuments on Public Lands Pose Unique Challenges

Late Thursday, the state of Virginia swiftly and quietly removed all Confederate memorials from its state Capitol building in the city of ...

Why Confederate monuments are coming down now | Stanford Report

As people across the United States confront the nation's legacy of slavery and systemic racism, monuments and memorials honoring the ...

Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital

RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away ...

What Comes After Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue? - Time

The elimination of one of the largest and arguably grandest monuments to a Confederate military or political leader in the United States, a ...

Under Cover: Clandestine Removals of Confederate Statues

The removal last week of the Lee statue in Richmond, Va.—at 60 feet high, the largest Confederate statue in the nation—drew a small but ...

The Black, Millennial Mayor Who Tore Down His City's White ...

Stoney's subsequent move to create a commission to study the Richmond monuments defused a potentially volatile situation. In July 2018, the ...

The last Richmond, VA Confederate Monument comes down

We lost a piece of history. "Once the stone base is fully opened up by workers for Team Henry, the Black-owned contractor that has overseen ...

Since George Floyd's Death, These Confederate Monuments Have ...

Status: The final remnants of the monument were removed on June 24, following an order from Gov. Roy Cooper. On June 19, protesters pulled down ...

Civil War Memory and Monuments to White Supremacy with Art ...

Kirk Savage: Thank you. Farber: You are a historian of monuments. How did you react when you first heard that confederate monuments were coming down in several ...

How the Monuments Came Down | PBS

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond.

Arlington Confederate Memorial reignites Va. monument debate

Despite legal and logistical challenges, a 109-year-old memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is scheduled to be removed by Jan. 1.

New Confederate monuments are going up - CNN

The monument, erected on the grounds of an antebellum plantation that's now owned by the city, was dedicated to soldiers of the Confederate Army ...

Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments | PBS News

At the center of the “Unite the Right” rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville last weekend was a protest of the city's plan to remove a ...

After More Than A Century, Robert E. Lee Statue Removed in ...

“After 133 years, the statue of Robert E. Lee has finally come down—the last Confederate statue on Monument Avenue, and the largest in the ...

US city removes last public Confederate statue | Slavery News

The US city of Richmond, Virginia, once the capital of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War, has removed its last public ...

Protesters pull down a Confederate statue in Richmond as ... - Vox

Protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate general in Richmond, Virginia, Saturday night — it was the latest of a number of monuments to the ...