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West Point will remove Confederate symbols from its campus

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

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West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus

The U.S. Military Academy in West Point will begin taking down memorials commemorating figures of the Confederacy

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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War

Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship and a tribute to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

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Judge allows Saturday voting before US Senate runoff in Georgia

ATLANTA — A judge ruled that Georgia law allows Saturday voting before the runoff for the U.S. Senate, finding that polling places can open even though they follow state holidays on Thanksgiving and the day afterward that years ago honored Robert E. Lee’s birthday.

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Raphael Warnock sues Georgia over early voting restrictions for runoff

State law limits early voting after state holidays, including Thanksgiving and another formerly honoring Confederate general

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US midterms: all eyes are on Georgia's black vote

Voting for the midterm elections gets underway on Tuesday across the United States. In the deep south state of Georgia, with its bitter past of racial segregation, African Americans hope that for the first time ever a black woman will fill the position of governor. RFI met with grassroots groups…

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Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art

A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E

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West Point’s Ku Klux Klan plaque should be removed, commission says

Panel is tasked with recommending which US military assets should be renamed, to remove associations with Confederates

The Guardian - US

5 years after their removal, Baltimore’s Confederate monuments are expected to appear in art exhibit in Los Angeles

BALTIMORE — Tucked into the corner of a Baltimore City impound lot teeming with discarded lampposts and street signs, four Confederate-linked monuments have sat for five years.

Tribune News Service

What happened to Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue?

An empty square in a Charlottesville park is a stark reminder of the racial divisions in the city’s past.

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What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The Independent UK

Juneteenth Is not a legal holiday in most states

A year after Juneteenth became a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, most states have yet to enact Juneteenth legal holidays.

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What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The Independent UK

What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

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Juneteenth: What is the historically important day and how did it start?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The Independent UK

Juneteenth: What is the historically important day and how did it start?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The Independent UK

Juneteenth: What is the historically important day and how did it start?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

Salon

Trumpism without Trump: Still dangerous

Trump's 2020 "Lost Cause" ideology has taught Republicans how to seize power — and they may not need him anymore

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US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals who fought to defend slavery

For decades, nine U.S. Army bases have carried the names of men who fought against the U.S. Army – in a war waged to defend and perpetuate the slavery of people of African descent.

Salon

7 misconceptions about the Civil War

No. 4. All amputations were done without anesthesia.

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More confederate symbols fading in Louisiana

A round patch of New Orleans green space where a larger-than-life statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E

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