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Confederacy

Legislature

State Senator re-files bill to make removing Confederate monuments prohibitively expensive

It would cost a city $1.825 million annually to permanently remove a memorial.

July 3, 2025

Thank goodness for Jefferson Davis Day

Alabama celebrated Jefferson Davis on Monday, and thank goodness for that. He's exactly the reminder we need.

June 3, 2025

Down with the traitors, up with the stars

If they had any honor, every Congressperson who voted to reinstall the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery would resign.

June 19, 2024

Mobile community members ask for removal of Confederate priest’s statue

On his statue, he is referenced as the “Poet-Priest of the Confederacy.”

October 23, 2023

Commission recommends renaming Confederate-named military bases

The Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund noted there remain more than 700 such military location still named in honor of the Confederacy.

May 27, 2022

History matters in court and society

People are ignorant about history, whether willful or not. And governments often facilitate that ignorance.

December 9, 2021

Former Tuskegee mayor nearly topples Confederate monument

Former Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford took a saw to a Confederate monument. He might have done enough damage to ultimately force its removal.

July 8, 2021

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought 158 years ago

The battle was a Union victory and the major turning point in the Civil War.

July 2, 2021

Carl, Brooks vote against removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol

A minority of 67 Republicans joined with House Democrats in support, while 120 Republicans voted against the resolution.

June 30, 2021

Juneteenth Day and Alabama’s support of the Confederacy in conflict, historian says

Professor Derryn Moten says Gov. Kay Ivey's proclamation on Juneteenth Day raises questions.

June 17, 2021