Confederate Monuments

• Analysis: Removing Confederate symbols won’t fix America’s race and inequality issues

  Statues and other monuments erected long ago evolve into symbols — often powerful symbols of wrongs committed in the past, writes Global National anchor Dawna Friesen.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2017
  
• Plaques honouring Gen. Robert E. Lee removed in NYC; Gov. Cuomo wants streets renamed

  Plaques honouring Gen. Robert E. Lee were removed from a church property in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2017
  
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• Anonymous vows to take down white supremacist sites, Confederate symbols

  On Wednesday, the so-called “hacktivist” group urged its followers to take part in operation Denouncement Day, and dismantle remaining Confederate symbols still standing in the U.S. on August 18.

  Tech

  Aug 16, 2017
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• Why has Charlottesville been the location of several white nationalist rallies?

  On Saturday, August 12, Charlottesville, Va. saw what's been dubbed by experts as the "largest hate gathering of its kind in decades in the United States."

  News

  Aug 13, 2017
• New Orleans begins removal of 4 prominent Confederate monuments

  The Liberty Monument, which commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government in New Orleans, was taken away in pieces around 5:35 a.m. after a few hours of work.

  World

  Apr 24, 2017
• Future of New Orleans Confederate monuments argued in court

  A court is expected to hear arguments on whether New Orleans should be able to remove four Confederate monuments.

  World

  Sep 28, 2016