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News Articles: confederate statues

Historic Atkins Park is a century-old intown Atlanta neighborhood. (Photo by Dyana Bagby)

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Atlanta neighborhood rededicates name to honor pioneer in library science

Atkins Park has been rededicated to honor Dr. Eliza Atkins Gleason, the first African American to earn a PhD in library science, after originally being named for a Confederate colonel.

September 19, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
A Confederate statue in front of the courthouse in Columbia, N.C., with a plaque on the bottom that reads: “IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES.”

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Appreciating our enslaved ancestors despite the relics of the Confederacy

Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker on what to do with the debris of Southern sins as we celebrate Juneteenth.

June 19, 2024
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  • B.A. Parker
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous "Unite the Right" rally at which 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

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A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to create new art

In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.

October 22, 2021
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  • Becky Sullivan
The new Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmond, Va., features two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and woman holding an infant who have been newly freed from slavery.

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An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed

The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — was unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.

September 23, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday in Richmond, Va.

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With Robert E. Lee's Statue Gone, Virginia Reveals Some New Plans For Its Pedestal

A 133-year-old time capsule that was placed at the pedestal of the Confederate monument in Richmond, Va. in 1887 will be replaced by a new time capsule filled with modern-day artifacts.

September 08, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in front of the barracks at Virginia Military Institute in an archival photo. VMI began removing the statue Monday.

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Virginia Military Institute Removes Statue Of Confederate Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson

The figure of Jackson was removed from its pedestal in front of the campus barracks Monday morning. It will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of the Civil War in New Market, Va.

December 07, 2020
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  • Dustin Jones
The Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue is seen here during a violin vigil to remember Elijah McClain in July.

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Judge Orders Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed

Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the statue removed in June. The statue, which stands 60 feet high, is the only Confederate statue still standing on the city's Monument Avenue.

October 27, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A statue of a Confederate soldier on Washington Street in Lewisburg, W.Va.

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Confederate Statues Come Down Around U.S., But Not Everywhere

Though George Floyd's death renewed calls to remove Confederate monuments, some cities formally decided to protect them.

October 07, 2020
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  • John Burnett and
  • Piper McDaniel

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