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The artists behind the project say it directly addresses ongoing national conversations about legislation that restricts the removal of Confederate monuments.
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Confederate monuments stories
News
The Southern Poverty Law Center condemned the Trump administration's planned reinstallation of a Confederate monument toppled during 2020 protests.
National
Trump announced he would restore Confederate military base names, sparking criticism from SPLC President Margaret Huang and Rep. Shomari Figures.
News
The report tracks both the protection and removal of Confederate memorials located in public spaces, schools, street names and military bases across the U.S.
Local news
The Florence city council voted against installing a historical marker to better explain the racist origins of a Confederate monument
Legislature
It appears this bill will once again be prevented from becoming law.
Legislature
It would attempt to prevent cities from removing Confederate monuments by charging them $5,000 a day for the act.
Featured Opinion
The centralized state government is cracking down on the rights of its individual member cities.
Aerospace and Defense
The Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund noted there remain more than 700 such military location still named in honor of the Confederacy.
State
Protesters say the police chief began requiring them to pay for police protection and even used noise ordinances on unamplified voices.