Irvin Weathersby Jr. explores America’s museums and monuments in his new book, “In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy ...

No one is “tearing down” statues ... America over the right to own African-American men and women as slaves. By being placed in museums and other appropriate places, these Confederate statues ...

But opponents argue the monuments serve as an offensive reminder of America's history of slavery and racial oppression. "The historical and cultural significance of the Confederate statues on our ...

Supporters argue they preserve American history. Why the fuss over Confederate statues? How do you decide when a statue must fall? Confederate 'black troops' statue planned Sara Davis/Getty The ...

The Stalinesque quest to expunge Confederate-era statues from American history may offer people a warm, runny sensation. And it has given the Left a nifty new weapon to flog its enemies.

Historian Julian Hayter said the tearing down of statues is a way of correctly rewriting American history. Many of the Confederate memorials in the spotlight today were built long after the Civil ...

In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s racist history, an old Confederate ... in Richmond used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, splashed paint ...

the first African American justice. But a House effort to remove statues honoring Confederates stalled in the Senate. One of those Confederate statues stands in front of the office of the House ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

and wanted to recognize the Confederate States of America as an independent nation. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, there have been calls to remove his statues. "We are actually in ...

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a ...

The bill would repeal a change to the Virginia code implemented in 1950 to allow Confederate organizations to operate ...