Confederate

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

1:03 am June 12, 2020

Richmond: Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The 8-foot (2.4-meter) bronze figure on Richmond’s grand Monument Avenue had been all but […]

Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

12:03 am June 12, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the US Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. […]

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