Confederate Memorials

Why is the Army Still Honoring Confederate Generals?

by James Risen

Many bases are named for Confederates who were ardent white supremacists in the South before, during, and after the Civil War.

Judge Rules Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues Are War Monuments

But the legal fight to remove the city’s statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson may not be over.

Alexandria will seek to move Confederate statue and rename Jefferson Davis Highway

In a town that once took considerable pride in its Confederate past, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously Saturday to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway and seek permission from the Virginia General Assembly to move a renowned statue of a Confederate soldier in historic Old Town.

UT removes Confederate inscription that it previously said would stay

“It is inappropriate for our goal of diversity and inclusion on campus,” UT President Gregory L.Fenves said.

'Black Lives Matter' painted on UT Confederate memorial after Alton Sterling, Philando Castile shootings

The message was scrawled across the George Littlefield Fountain, a prominent memorial that anchors the school's South Mall.

The lingering stain after the flags come down at Washington & Lee

by Adam Lewis

But the university handled the controversy just right.

South Carolina Gov. Haley vetoes proposal to move Confederate flag, museum to Charleston

She called it a “veiled attempt” to create a museum for the H.L. Hunley Confederate submarine, which is undergoing restoration in North Charleston.

The South’s Confederate-monument problem is not going away

Ignoble history happened in America. And now we are wrestling with how to claim it, or reject it, by consigning Confederate statues to scrap.

Now it’s the University of Louisville’s turn to remove a Confederate statue

The decision came less than two weeks after Ricky L. Jones, professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at U of L, wrote a column in the Courier-Journal calling for the university to take the statue down.

Middle Tenn. State President Wants to Strip Confederate General’s Name From Building

Middle Tennessee State University’s president, Sidney A. McPhee, is recommending the renaming of Forrest Hall, which honors the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest.

SPLC study finds 1,500 government-backed tributes to the Confederacy across U.S.

Most were put in place during the early decades of Jim Crow or in reaction to the civil rights movement.

Confederate history embraced by Brazilian city

Everywhere you go you see Confederate flags.

Whitewashing history? Tug-of-war over Confederate monuments rages on.

The fate of Confederate monuments standing on public property has been a topic of debate — civil and uncivil.

Happy Confederate History and Heritage Month

by David B. Parker

But just what cause are we honoring exactly?

Historians at Ole Miss say a Confederate monument plaque has to be frank about slavery

33 historians say in a signed statement that the plaque must acknowledge that the South fought for slavery.

Stop Honoring Racists — Say Goodbye to John Mullaly Park in the Bronx

by Alan Singer

During the Civil War Mullaly, an avowed racist, called for armed resistance to the military draft.

Protests break out at meeting about removing Lee statue in Charlottesville park

Among the protesters’ jeers were accusations that those supporting the removal of the monument are “communists” and members of the “Taliban.”

In Explaining Confederate Symbols, Colleges Struggle to Summarize History

Across the country, and the South especially, colleges and universities are coming to terms with their historical ties to the Confederacy, and how those ties are honored through monuments, statues, and building names.

What Mississippi Educators Are Telling Students About State Sanctioned Confederate Heritage Month

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s controversial decision to declare April Confederate Heritage Month is giving teachers an opportunity to tell the truth about the Confederacy, but do students want to hear it? 

Not All Racist Monuments Should Be Torn Down

by Zachary Fine

Preserving them risks legitimizing white supremacy, but removing them risks erasing our mistakes. Here's a third way.