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May 9, 2025

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Senator: ‘I will be vindicated’ in Confederate monument case

August 18, 2020 Ben Finley and Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia state senator charged with damaging a Confederate monument said Tuesday that she will beat the case against her. “It’s just an unnecessary nuisance, but you know what? I will be […]

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Public ideas for Mississippi flag: Magnolias, stars, beer

August 3, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Magnolias, stars, guitars, the cross, beer cans, crawfish, a Gulf Coast lighthouse, Elvis Presley and even Kermit the Frog appear on proposals the general public submitted for a new Mississippi flag. Mississippi […]

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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag

June 28, 2020 Emily Wasger Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will surrender the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, more than a century after legislators embedded it there following the Civil War. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted in succession Sunday […]

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Cooper petitions Historical Commission for removal of Confederate statues

September 20, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Historical Commission is scheduled to meet Friday to consider a request made by Gov. Roy Cooper that the body vote to remove and relocate Confederate statues currently placed on the […]

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Silent Sam’s last semester? Chapel Hill students protest for removal of Confederate statue

August 23, 2017 Mollie Young

CHAPEL HILL — Nearly 1,000 people rallied at the UNC Chapel Hill for the removal of “Silent Sam,” a Confederate soldier statue on the main campus on Tuesday. “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! These racist statues got […]

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Gov. Cooper gives UNC green light to remove ‘Silent Sam’, UNC holds off, citing 2015 law

August 22, 2017 Jeff Moore

RALEIGH — Amid the furor in reaction to the August 12 Charlottesville, Virginia rally in support of confederate monuments that devolved into wanton violence between ‘AntiFa’ counterprotesters and white nationalist event sponsors, and ultimately culminated […]

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Counter protesters gather in Durham after rumors of KKK rally disseminate on social media

August 19, 2017 Mollie Young

DURHAM — Anti-hate protesters filled the streets of downtown Durham on Friday afternoon after false reports of a white supremacy rally circulated on social media. The rumors began when the Indy Weekly, a progressive newspaper […]

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