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Henrietta Lacks Statue to Replace Virginia Robert E. Lee Statue

by Rhea Nayyar January 2, 2023January 4, 2023

Lacks was a Black Roanoke woman whose cancer cell samples were taken without her consent and used in medical research.

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Richmond’s Last Confederate Statue Comes Down

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael December 18, 2022December 19, 2022

“The work to battle entrenched white supremacy in our communities is far from over,” said artist Sandy Williams IV.

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The Last Public Confederate Statue in Maryland Is Removed

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

The “Talbot Boys Statue” stood outside a courthouse in the town of Easton for 106 years.

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The Troublesome History of America’s Public Monuments

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu February 1, 2022February 8, 2022

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society revises the assumption that the current debate about controversial public monuments is in any way new.

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Richmond’s Infamous Robert E. Lee Statue May Go to a Black History Museum

by Hakim Bishara January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

The Virginia governor and Richmond mayor announced a tentative agreement to transfer the massive statue to the local Black History Museum and Cultural Center.

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Study Shows Correlation Between Number of Confederate Monuments and Lynchings

by Hakim Bishara October 15, 2021November 18, 2021

The University of Virginia researchers wrote that the data “provides compelling evidence that these symbols are associated with hate.”

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Violence Is The Most Common Subject of Commemoration in US Monuments

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 3, 2021October 1, 2021

A new report lists the top 50 figures represented in US monuments. They’re mainly white, male, and vicious.

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The Largest Confederate Monument in the South Finally Comes Down

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 8, 2021September 8, 2021

It was the last Confederate statue on Monument Avenue, painted over by Black Lives Matter activists during last year’s historic protests.

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We Should Think Differently About the Preservation of Racist Monuments

Avatar photo by Tsione Wolde-Michael May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

Today more museum professionals are considering what it could mean to exhibit defaced monuments.

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Anti-Racist Activists Say They Used a Stolen Confederate Monument as a Toilet

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

White supremacy is shitty.

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An Anti-Racist Group Is Holding a Confederate Monument for Ransom

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 6, 2021April 8, 2021

The group has pledged to turn a monument to Jefferson Davis “into a toilet” unless the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets its demands.

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Over 160 Confederate Symbols Were Removed in 2020, Study Shows

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 4, 2021March 5, 2021

All but one of the removals occurred after the murder of George Floyd, which spurred international protests against institutionalized racism.

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