Tag Archives: Confederate

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. says the United States needs to dismantle “the systems that allowed” George Floyd to die if the country wants to see “true justice.” We can paint the streets with “Black Lives Matter” and rename Confederate buildings all day, but what about breaking down the very system …

An activist group called “White Lies Matter” is holding the monument for Confederate President Jefferson Davis hostage until the group’s demands are met. Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s statue will be “turned into a toilet,” a group of activists says if they don’t get what they are asking for. The activists …

Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing racist costumes. The photos that re-circulated were taken in 2014 during a campus costume party held at the Mitchell College of Business, which university spokesperson Lance Crawford verified. Two professors are …

Virginia removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol. The statue will be replaced with a sculpture of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns. “We should all be proud of this important step forward for our Commonwealth and our country,” Ralph Northam, the Governor of …

After last year’s fatal confrontation between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, the federal government has spent millions of dollars employing private security guards to patrol at least eight Confederate cemeteries, according to documents from the Department of Veteran Affairs.  Seven out of eight of VA-controlled  Confederate cemeteries are …