/tags/statue Statue en-US Copyright Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:03:51 GMT /race-demographics/2021-08-05/protesters-call-for-removal-of-confederate-statue-in-cornelius About 70 people gathered in Cornelius on Wednesday night for a rally calling for the removal of a Confederate monument in downtown. It’s been there for 111 years. Protesters marched from the Cornelius Town Hall to Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:03:51 GMT /race-demographics/2021-08-05/protesters-call-for-removal-of-confederate-statue-in-cornelius Maria Ramirez Uribe /education/2019-12-13/students-protest-empty-unc-bog-meeting-silent-sam-settlement UNC-Chapel Hill students demonstrated in the rain outside a nearly empty board room Friday to show their discontent with the UNC System Board of… Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:10:53 GMT /education/2019-12-13/students-protest-empty-unc-bog-meeting-silent-sam-settlement Liz Schlemmer /news/2019-12-03/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-seeking-to-re-erect-pittsboro-confederate-monument A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy that sought to re-erect a Confederate monument in Chatham County. The… Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:16:43 GMT /news/2019-12-03/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-seeking-to-re-erect-pittsboro-confederate-monument Will Michaels /race-demographics/2017-08-22/tearing-down-the-monuments-and-their-myths Confederate monuments have become flash points for a national debate about free speech, race and memory. Statues have been removed in more than a dozen… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:21:28 GMT /race-demographics/2017-08-22/tearing-down-the-monuments-and-their-myths Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-22/tearing-down-the-monuments-and-their-myths Confederate monuments have become flash points for a national debate about free speech, race and memory. Statues have been removed in more than a dozen… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:21:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-22/tearing-down-the-monuments-and-their-myths Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /politics/2015-07-21/nc-lawmakers-could-make-it-harder-to-remove-state-monuments The North Carolina House of Representatives has tentatively approved a bill that could make it more difficult to take down the state's Confederate… Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:59:31 GMT /politics/2015-07-21/nc-lawmakers-could-make-it-harder-to-remove-state-monuments Jorge Valencia /politics/2015-04-17/amid-scuffle-nc-reps-vote-to-send-billy-graham-statue-to-us-capitol The state House of Representatives voted on Thursday afternoon to send a statue of evangelist Billy Graham to the U.S. Capitol, over objections from… Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:16:36 GMT /politics/2015-04-17/amid-scuffle-nc-reps-vote-to-send-billy-graham-statue-to-us-capitol Jorge Valencia