# confederate

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US House votes in favour of removing Confederate statues from Capitol Hill

Representative Karen Bass from California said that these statues represent an acceptance of white supremacy and racism.

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Jul 23rd 2020, 7:38 AM

Mississippi governor signs bill removing Confederate symbol from flag

Mississippi is the only American state to incorporate the Confederate standard on its official flag, after nearby Georgia dropped it in 2003.

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Jul 1st 2020, 7:18 AM

Tuam's Confederate monument: 'Put this ugly part of history in a museum'

We should not honour those men who believed that they were better than others merely due to the colour of their skin, writes Katherine Brewer.

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Sep 2nd 2017, 8:30 AM

Confederate statues removed in dead of night from Texas campus

The statues were moved at night for safety reasons, a spokesperson for the University of Texas said.

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Aug 21st 2017, 7:03 PM

Call for Tuam Town Hall to remove memorial to Irish Confederate major

Shaun Cunniffe said that the plaque should be removed to a museum so that people can discuss the issues around it.

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Aug 19th 2017, 6:09 PM

Why are statues of US Civil War leaders being removed from across the US?

“You’re changing history. You’re changing culture,” Trump said of the removal of statues of Confederate leaders.

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Aug 16th 2017, 11:16 PM

Protesters in North Carolina topple Confederate soldier statue

Activists in Durham brought a ladder up to the statue and used a rope to pull down the Confederate Soldiers Monument.

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Aug 15th 2017, 7:06 AM