/tags/confederacy Confederacy en-US Copyright Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:18:19 GMT /race-demographics/2022-08-24/north-carolina-mayor-explains-ordered-bulldozing-confederate-monument-enfield-mondale Commissioners in the small town of Enfield, North Carolina recently voted to remove a Confederate monument from a local park. The town's mayor started livestreaming while he instructed others to bulldoze the statue. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:18:19 GMT /race-demographics/2022-08-24/north-carolina-mayor-explains-ordered-bulldozing-confederate-monument-enfield-mondale Will Michaels /news/2022-03-31/fort-bragg-roads-restaurant-could-get-new-names-in-effort-to-remove-confederate-monikers Some of Bragg’s most prominent streets — including Bragg Boulevard and Reilly Road — are on the list. Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:31:19 GMT /news/2022-03-31/fort-bragg-roads-restaurant-could-get-new-names-in-effort-to-remove-confederate-monikers Jay Price /news/2022-03-17/panel-narrows-list-of-potential-new-names-for-army-installations In all, the commission chose 87 names to consider for renaming nine installations including Fort Bragg in Fayetteville. Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:26:15 GMT /news/2022-03-17/panel-narrows-list-of-potential-new-names-for-army-installations ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ News /military/2021-11-10/robert-e-lee-served-as-west-points-superintendent-should-the-school-still-display-his-portrait Congress ordered Confederate names and images to be removed from military installations. But what about portraits of Lee before he joined the Confederacy? Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:14:48 GMT /military/2021-11-10/robert-e-lee-served-as-west-points-superintendent-should-the-school-still-display-his-portrait Desiree D'Iorio /2021-08-02/after-6-1-vote-wilmington-settles-with-daughters-of-the-confederacy-to-permanently-remove-downtown The statues, which date back to 1909 and 1922, were erected during the Jim Crow period by the Daughters of the Confederacy. State law protects them from being removed — but the City of Wilmington found a legal loophole and voted to take them down, with one vocal holdout. Mon, 02 Aug 2021 19:38:13 GMT /2021-08-02/after-6-1-vote-wilmington-settles-with-daughters-of-the-confederacy-to-permanently-remove-downtown /news/2021-05-17/washington-post-fact-checker-rev-rob-lee-related-confederate-general Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler concluded that there is no evidence that Rev. Rob Lee of Iredell County is related to the notorious Confederate general. Mon, 17 May 2021 17:12:57 GMT /news/2021-05-17/washington-post-fact-checker-rev-rob-lee-related-confederate-general Mitchell Northam /race-demographics/2020-12-21/since-george-floyds-death-these-confederate-monuments-have-been-removed-in-north-carolina According to data tracked by ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾, at least 24 Confederate monuments have been removed (or have been approved for removal) in North Carolina since May 25, 2020; the day that George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Only Virginia has removed more monuments since Floyd's death. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:37:21 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-21/since-george-floyds-death-these-confederate-monuments-have-been-removed-in-north-carolina Mitchell Northam /news/2020-11-09/nc-looks-to-remove-jefferson-davis-name-from-highway It’s the end of the road for an unofficial honorary designation naming a highway route of about 160 miles through North Carolina for the president of the… Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:45:52 GMT /news/2020-11-09/nc-looks-to-remove-jefferson-davis-name-from-highway Jay Price, Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-08-04/after-108-years-confederate-soldier-will-no-longer-stand-outside-gaston-courthouse Gaston County commissioners voted 6-1 Monday night to move a Confederate monument that has stood in front of the courthouse since 1912. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:19:20 GMT /race-demographics/2020-08-04/after-108-years-confederate-soldier-will-no-longer-stand-outside-gaston-courthouse Ann Doss Helms /race-demographics/2020-07-09/statue-marking-graves-of-confederate-soldiers-is-toppled-in-greensboro A Confederate monument has been toppled in a cemetery in Greensboro.The News & Record reported Wednesday that the statue of a musket-carrying soldier had… Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:49:30 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-09/statue-marking-graves-of-confederate-soldiers-is-toppled-in-greensboro Associated Press, Mitchell Northam