“Richmond, we will finish the job of removing these antiquated symbols of racism and hate.”. A man walks past a toppled statue of Charles Linn, a city founder who was in the Confederate Navy, in Birmingham, Ala., on June 1, 2020, following a night of unrest. The Confederacy stood for slavery, racism, and white supremacy, and this is not … Hilary Green, associate professor of history at UA, said the removal of these structures in Alabama, and across the nation, is significant. About 54 miles west at the University of Alabama, The Board of Trustees and the university’s president, Stuart Bell, authorized the removal of three plaques on the campus that commemorate University of Alabama students who served in the Confederate army and members of the student cadet corps involved in defending the campus, according to an online statement. On June 10, a crowd of protesters in Richmond brought down the statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, according to CNN affiliate WRIC. He asked for the sake of public safety that the community allow the city to legally take down the remaining statues professionally. Chip Brownlee is a former political reporter, online content manager and webmaster at the Alabama Political Reporter. Contests and Promotions, © 2021, NPG of Idaho, Inc. Idaho Falls, ID USA, View all our Vallow-Daybell coverage here, Dylann Roof killed nine African Americans in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015, Nigerian teen jailed for blasphemy has sentence quashed, ‘My 81-year-old dad would have never figured this out:’ Inside America’s vaccine sign-up process, First responders anxiously await their turn for the vaccine around St. Louis region, The US can vaccinate up to 85% of adults and begin a return to normal by fall, Fauci says. Crews in Charleston removed a statue of politician John C. Calhoun from its pedestal in Marion Square on June 24. Herald Scotland – Oct. 5 Kris Lane can’t shake the image of Christopher Columbus covered in blood. “America is once again looking to Virginia to lead. Red fluid — all of it fake — ran down the famed explorer’s statue in downtown Denver after Native American activists emptied their buckets on Columbus Day 1989. The city’s mayor pleaded with demonstrators to disperse before police came to make arrests, adding that he understood their anger. 26.8k members in the Alabama community. A final decision on renaming buildings will come from the full Board of Trustees, the university system said. A man was hit by the statue and went to the hospital with life threatening injuries, according to Virginia State Police at the time. Amid riots, University of Alabama prof. advises how to tear down monuments Many assumed that Parcak was instructing protesters on how to pull down Confederate monuments in the South. The plaques were in front of Gorgas Library but were removed and “placed at a more appropriate historical setting on the recommendation of Dr. Bell,” a university spokesperson told CNN. The plaques are located on and in front of Gorgas Library. 26.8k members in the Alabama community. These plaques will be placed at a more appropriate historical setting on the recommendation of Dr. Bell. Northam said he’s directing that the statue of Robert E. Lee, which sits in the capital of Richmond, be taken down and moved into storage while a decision is made on its future. buildings named in honor of segregationists, Confederates and slave holders. Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr. said in a statement that Portsmouth Police did the right thing in confining the vandalism to the one piece of public property, so as to protect lives and the remaining private property in the area. The John Breckinridge Castleman monument, a statue of a Confederate soldier in the heart of downtown, was removed on June 8, according to an online statement from Mayor Greg Fischer. Anna Mahan joined the WAFF 48 News team in August … Professor Al Brophy is quoted in FiveThirtyEight, Vox, and CNN about the removal of Confederate statues. Some say they mark history and honor heritage. “That conversation, and the mission to create one Mobile, continues today.”. Among them: Samford Hall, named after William J. Samford, a Confederate soldier. His father, William F. Samford was a slave holder at “Sunny Slope” and a leading Alabama secessionist, “the penman of secession.”. Oxford’s vice chancellor Louise Richardson, in an interview with the BBC, balked at the idea. Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol, pulled down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston on June 7 and rolled it through the streets before dumping it, unceremoniously, into the River Avon. “Moving these statues,” he said, “allows us to examine our history in a new context that more accurately reflects the reality of the day, a time when the moral deprivation of slavery is clear.”. The attorney general has not said whether he plans to sue Mobile for violating the Memorial Preservation Act. He wanted it removed by midnight June 26 and placed in storage until further notice. About 90 miles south of Birmingham, demonstrators tore down a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that stood in front of Lee High School in Montgomery on June 1, according to CNN affiliate WSFA. In Washington, DC, protesters toppled a statue of Albert Pike in the Judiciary Square neighborhood June 19, according to CNN affiliate WJLA. 'The Legislature enacted a law that prevented cities from removing Confederate statues in the state of Alabama for all 169 cities, so Birmingham is not alone in this fight,' Woodfin said. ... University of Alabama at Birmingham archeologist Sarah Parcak shared her suggestions as … ... A Confederate monument on the campus of the University of Mississippi was covered with red handprints and … “These statues, although symbolic, have cast a shadows on the dreams of our children of color,” Stoney said. A crowd gathered in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur on June 18 to watch the removal of a Confederate monument — the latest controversial symbol toppled in the wake of the George Floyd protests. He was pronounced dead shortly afterward. In Birmingham near the University of Alabama is a Confederate monument at Linn Park that is currently being considered for removal. Crews in historic Old Town Alexandria removed a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier named “Appomattox” on June 2. A controversial statue of Edward Carmack, a former US senator and newspaper owner known for attacking civil rights advocates like Ida B. “In Virginia, we no longer preach a false version of history,” Northam wrote in a tweet. The death of George Floyd is leading to the removal -- by protesters in some cases and city leaders in others -- of contentious statues that have riled some residents for decades, if not longer. Over the past weeks, students and alumni have signed on to petitions calling for monuments in honor of the Confederacy to be removed from prominent locations on campus and for buildings named after Confederates to be renamed. “It’s time to raise the bar and take Tuscaloosa from being just a good city to a great one," Houston said. Demonstrators at Linn Park attempted to remove a 115-year-old monument during a protest on May 31. Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson tweeted photos of the statue’s removal. “In order to prevent more civil unrest in our city, I think it is very imperative that we remove this statue that’s in Linn Park,” he said at a news conference June 1. Statues were blasted with graffiti in Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and the Carolinas. Andy Beshear tweeted. Virginia Gov. For more than 140 years, the The University of Alabama School of Law has produced attorneys who become leaders locally, nationally and globally. The statue will eventually make its way to Cave Hill Cemetery, where Castleman is buried, according to the online statement. The city removed the statue of Confederate Adm. Raphael Semmes from downtown and took it to a secure location, Mayor Sandy Stimpson said in a tweet on June 5. Crews in historic Old Town Alexandria removed a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier named “Appomattox” on June 2. And it has been for quite a while. pic.twitter.com/HJ91nHbzv7, — Kyle Whitmire (@WarOnDumb) June 8, 2020. Charleston City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution for the removal on Tuesday night, according to CNN affiliate WCSC. “My staff will work with the Jacksonville Cultural Council to convene experts in history and art to ensure we acknowledge our past in a full and complete way; a way forward that leaves no person’s heritage or experience behind.”. Fischer initially announced plans to remove the Castleman monument in August 2018. Anna Mahan Digital Content Producer Huntsville, AL. He started his news career in radio in Atlanta, GA. Before coming to WAFF 48, he spent over six years reporting news in Birmingham. Stimpson said the decision to remove the statue was not about Semmes or an attempt to rewrite history. “If our history prevents us from reaching the full potential of our future, then we need to take action,” Curry said. The Confederacy stood for slavery, racism, and white supremacy, and this is not something that should be honored at the University of Alabama in 2020. The university is clearly in violation of the law, practically thumbing its nose. The monument was moved from a storage facility to the History Museum of Mobile on June 14, Stimpson posted on Facebook. She is founding executive … “Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closer to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe — not just the white ones,” she wrote. Pike was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army. Crews in Hemming Park in downtown Jacksonville took down a 122-year-old statue and plaque that honored fallen Confederate soldiers on June 9, according to CNN affiliate WJAX. While some cities have already made efforts to remove them, others have passed laws to protect them. The Day's Scoop: Your daily email briefing on all things Alabama politics. On June 11, Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander announced plans to remove the statue and a day later it was removed. 268 votes, 69 comments. Anna Mahan joined the WAFF 48 News team in August … US Edition. In light of the recent removal of the Confederate monuments in Birmingham, AL, the standing Confederate monuments on UA's campus are brought to one's attention. TUSCALOOSA — University of Alabama leaders announced this week that three plaques honoring Confederate soldiers will be removed. A statue of the general that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years was removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection early Monday morning. The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. He is now a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America. A week later, Mobile followed suit, removing a Confederate statue in the Port City. “Let me be clear, removing these monuments is not a solution to the deeply embedded racial injustices in our city and nation, but is a down payment.”. The removals followed announcements last week that Confederate monuments would be taken down from sites in Indianapolis, Richmond and Alexandria, Virginia, and Birmingham, Alabama. ... Red handprints and the words “spiritual genocide” were marked on a Confederate monument Saturday on the University of … The three plaques commemorate UA students who served in the Confederate Army and members of the student cadet corps involved in defending the campus during the Civil War. … 3 Confederate memorial plaques at the University of Alabama. Many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. 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