confederate monuments

The statue of the president of the Confederacy has stood atop a large pedestal on Richmond's Monument Avenue since 1907. It is the third statue in Richmond torn down this week.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the monument honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will removed "as soon as possible."

Kehinde Wiley's new sculpture mimics one of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. The new work stands in front of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a mile from its inspiration.

The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.

A new poll from Elon University finds most people surveyed want to keep Confederate monum

Officials at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill say "racist language" has been found on a monument dedicated to the people of color who helped create the university. 

A Confederate monument in Salisbury has been splashed with paint for the second time in seven months. 

The group behind Winston-Salem's Confederate monument is once again asking a local court to block the city's efforts to move it from its prominent downtown location.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has spent millions providing round-the-clock protection to guard graves and memorials dedicated to Confederate soldiers.

The city's mayor signed a bill renaming three streets. Many local governments have taken similar measures in the wake of last year's white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, Virginia.