Winston-Salem Plans Confederate Statue Removal, Date Still Unknown
The city of Winston-Salem is in the process of figuring out when and how to remove a controversial statue downtown.
The city of Winston-Salem is in the process of figuring out when and how to remove a controversial statue downtown.
Another North Carolina Civil War monument has been vandalized and a statue of a Revolutionary War hero was also damaged.
Crews removed remnants of a Confederate statue from North Carolina's flagship public university early Tuesday, hours after the school's outgoing chancellor ordered that the empty pedestal be put into storage because of safety concerns.
The icy weather didn't keep away supporters and protestors of the Confederate monument in downtown Winston-Salem Sunday.
Organizers have scaled back a protest rally against the move of a Winston-Salem Confederate monument.
Winston-Salem officials have given the owners of a downtown Confederate monument until the end of the month to move it or face legal action. This comes days after the statue was vandalized.
A crowd of people gathered in downtown Durham late Monday to witness the toppling of a long-time Confederate monument.