US Cities Rush to Evict Confederate Statues and Monuments
After the Charlottesville tragedy, where a white supremacist lethally drove into a group of anti-racism activists, U.S. cities are tearing down Confederate statues and monuments.
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The Jackson-Lee Monument in Wyman Park is removed after workers took down four Confederate monuments overnight in the city on Aug. 16, 2017 in Baltimore, Md.
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A toppled Confederate statue lies on the ground on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va, over the weekend.
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Workers dismantle the Liberty Place monument Monday, April 24, 2017, which commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government, in New Orleans. It was removed overnight in an attempt to avoid disruption from supporters who want the monuments to stay.
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Municipal workers attempt to remove paint from a monument dedicated to Confederate soldier John B. Castleman that was vandalized late Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., August 14, 2017.
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