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Black Monuments Matter: Journalist and Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Statue in Downtown Memphis
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(Feminism)
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... people happening in the American South.
With discussions about the continued existence of statues dedicated to Confederate heroes still happening around the country, we seem to spend more time thinking ...
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Created on 14 July 2021
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Mother Nature Disagrees: Confederate Statue Brought Down By Hurricane Laura
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(Living)
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The hurricane didn’t spare the Lake Charles region of Louisiana. Alongside a chemical fire that erupted on the outskirts of the city, the fate of a Confederate monument was decided by the storm. The ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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The Band Formerly Known Lady Antebellum Is Suing A Black Singer For The Name Lady A (And We’re Tired of Performative Allyship)
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(Music)
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Lady A, the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum, is currently suing a Black blues singer, Anita White — who has also gone by Lady A for over 20 years — after they could not come to an agreement over ...
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Created on 09 July 2020
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Let's Stop Naming American Schools After Confederate
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(Living)
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As the United States comes to grips with its ugly history, more and more people are calling for an end to the ways we honor those with dark pasts. Statues and monuments of former slave owners and confederates ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
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(Living)
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... are not for history, they’re for recognition. Most of the confederate statues were put up during the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement as a way to strike fear and “put people in their place”. ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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Apparently Americans Were Much Happier 50 Years Ago
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(Living)
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... 1972 was when carvings of confederates Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson — the confederate president and two generals — were completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia. The sculptor Gutzon ...
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Created on 22 June 2020
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Lauryn Hill Is Going On Tour For The 20th Anniversary Of "Miseducation": Link Roundu
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(Music)
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... of what could happen should a white person feel uncomfortable, says Johnson.
Tennessee’s House Retaliates Against Removal of Confederate Statues in Memphis
Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House ...
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Created on 18 April 2018
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Michelle Obama Compares Trump’s Presidency To Bad Parenting: Link Roundup
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(Living)
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... rage about removing confederate statues, Michelle Duster has a different mission: She wants to establish a statue of her grandmother, journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. This would be one ...
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Created on 09 April 2018
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What The Trump Presidency Has Taught Me About America
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(Feminism)
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... Anthem. They refused to acknowledge his reasons were about race and police brutality. They say Confederate monuments in squares and parks are about “heritage” and “history.” White fragility helps them ...
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Created on 21 August 2017
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We Need To Tear Down Literally Every Single Confederate Monument Left In The United States
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(Living)
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Last night in Durham, North Carolina, a crowd tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier that stood in front of a county administrative building as part of a rally to combat white supremacy and support ...
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Created on 15 August 2017
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White Women Are Part Of White Supremacy. And We Need To Acknowledge That.
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(Feminism)
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As you all know by now, this weekend, white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia for a “Unite the Right” rally, a response to the proposed removals of statues of Confederate generals, ...
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Created on 14 August 2017
