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Mar 24 2023
News
Virginia Army base renamed in honor of Native American war hero; first of 9 Army bases to drop Confederate name
An Army base in Blackstone, Virginia, officially changed its name from "Fort Pickett" to "Fort Barfoot" Friday in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Earlier this year, the Pentagon began the process of renaming nine Army bases, and hundreds of other items, which had names honoring the Confederacy. The decision to do so was handed down by the Naming Commission,
CBS News (Online)Jan 18 2023
News
On eve of 'Confederate Heroes Day,' Houston lawmaker launches third attempt to end it
On Thursday, the state of Texas celebrates 'Confederate Heroes Day,' as it does each year on Jan. 19 — the birthday of former Confederate commander Robert Lee. The holiday was created to honor Lee, as well as former Confederate President Jefferson Davis. It was started in 1973, consolidating separate holidays that had existed previously to celebrate Davis and Lee. Since then, defenders of the
Houston ChronicleSep 03 2022
Opinion
Jim Crow lives again: Florida and Mississippi turn back the clock on voting rights
Some 130 years ago, white lawmakers gathered in Jackson, Tallahassee, Richmond and other state capitals across the former Confederacy and rewrote their state constitutions to enshrine white supremacy.
Over the last week, Mississippi and Florida have offered modern-day examples of Jim Crow-era voter suppression that endures to this day — enacted by state legislatures, enabled by
SalonJun 21 2022
News
Juneteenth
“A year after President Joe Biden signed legislation making June 19 the nation’s 12th federal holiday, people across the U.S. gathered at events filled with music, food and fireworks… Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom for the enslaved people of the state — two months after the Confederacy had
The Flip SideDec 12 2022
News
Richmond removes its last Confederate monument
Workers in Richmond, Virginia removed the last city-owned Confederate statue from its pedestal on Monday morning.
Why it matters: The moment marks the close of a two-year effort to remove memorials to the Confederacy in its former capital. City and state leaders had long resisted calls to take down Confederate iconography.
What’s happening: A crane lifted a statue of Confederate
AxiosJun 22 2022
Fact Check
Fact Check: Bill Nye Claims Last Slaves Were Freed on Juneteenth
CLAIM: Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren’t officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on “Juneteenth.”
VERDICT: FALSE. The last slaves were freed upon the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and other forms of involuntary servitude throughout the U.S. The ratification took place December 6, 1865.
President
Breitbart Fact CheckJun 21 2022
Opinion
Texas Republicans want to secede? Good riddance.
The Lone Star State does not have the best track record as a sovereign power. The Republic of Texas survived only 10 years from independence to annexation by the United States in 1845. Texas seceded during the Civil War — and, with the rest of the Confederacy, was crushed.
But, as the saying goes: If at first you don’t secede, try, try again. The Texas GOP now wants the state to vote on
Dana MilbankJun 29 2021
News
House votes to sweep out Capitol statues deemed offensive
The House voted to remove the bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and several other statues associated with the Confederacy or racism.
Democrats have been determined to rid the building of statues memorializing long-dead dignitaries who held racist viewpoints, a goal realized in Tuesday's vote of 285-120. Sixty-seven Republicans voted with all Democrats present,
Washington ExaminerJul 08 2020
Analysis
Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History
In recent weeks President Trump has railed against tearing down statues across the country — and has been particularly dogged in his defense of Confederate monuments. But his argument that they are benign symbols of America’s past is misleading. An overwhelming majority of Confederate memorials weren’t erected in the years directly following the Civil War. Instead, most were put up decades
538 (ABC News)Jun 29 2021
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House passes bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
The House passed legislation on Tuesday that would remove artwork from the Capitol that honors people with legacies of defending slavery, including by serving the Confederacy.
The 285-120 vote was bipartisan, but it split Republicans. A minority of 67 Republicans joined with all Democrats in support, while 120 voted against it.
“We ought not to forget history. We must learn from
The Hill