Headline RoundupJune 5th, 2020

Perspectives: Confederate Monuments

History, American Heritage, Civil War, Civil Rights, Inequality, US Military, Violence In America, Race And Racism

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) recently announced the upcoming removal of a statue commerating Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, the state capital. The decision prompted voices throughout the spectrum to emerge with differing opinions on the purportedly racist existence of such monuments and the supposed importance of historical preservation. It is rumored that other statues honoring Confederate leaders in other southern states may soon come down as well. Some left-rated voices called for the removal of "racist statues", arguing that they glorify white supremacy. Some right-rated voices denounced recent instances of Confederate statues being vandalized, while arguing that the preservation of all history is necessary in civil society.

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With these racist markers in place, there can be no peace

CNN (Opinion)

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(CNN) - As many of America's cities burn and our democracy feels like it's unraveling, attacks on Confederate monuments in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis may seem incongruous to those who believe that these protests are only about what happened there. Yet the uprisings in American cities since Floyd's death, and the vandalizing and tearing-down of statues dedicated to men who fought for the perpetuation of human slavery share a common foe: white supremacy.

From Richmond, Virginia, where the large equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee...

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From the Left

Richmond is taking down Confederate statues: Is this the end for other Confederate memorials?

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RICHMOND, Va. – The statue of Robert E. Lee has towered over Richmond for more than 100 years. In recent days, though, it's been conveying a different message - words like "Black lives matter" are covering its stone pedestal.

At least a hundred people gathered on a muggy Thursday afternoon near the monument to the Confederate commander after Gov. Ralph Northam announced it was to come down "as soon as possible."

Protesters on Monument Avenue have circled the Lee statue and four others – also soon to be removed –...

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From the Right

Confederate Statues Defaced, America Disgraced

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On Sunday evening, demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd defaced and toppled a statue of Confederate officer Charles Linn, which had stood in a public park in Birmingham, Alabama, since being installed in 2013 by a charity.

The destruction of this Confederate monument is but one in a sequence of such vandalisms that have swept the nation’s southern states in the past week. The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Birmingham was defaced before authorities disassembled and relocated it. A Confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus...

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