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A bronze statue honoring late civil rights activist and politician John Lewis was installed in Decatur, Georgia on Friday. The statue replaced an earlier Confederate statue, which was removed in 2020. John Lewis was a prominent Black…

A Confederate statue was removed from a park in Jacksonville, Florida after an order from the city’s mayor. The monument, titled ‘Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy’, was erected at Springfield Park in Jacksonville in 1915.…

The statue of Robert E. Lee and other confederate statutes in Richmond, Virginia, which was removed last year, will now be handed over to the local Black History Museum. The announcement was made last week by Ralph Northam (Governor,…

The US House of Representatives passed the H.R. 305 Bill, which allows for the removal of Confederate symbols and statues from the Capitol building. The Bill was passed on June 29th with a 285-120 majority. It will not be voted upon in…