Confederate Monuments Background Information by Mary Landeros https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc Journal Background Information en-us 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC 2026-03-11 12:54:04 UTC hello@padlet.com tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306348 A white supremacist murders nine Black individuals attending a Bible study meeting at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306348 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306350 What followed was a grass roots movement resulting in the removal of more than 100 monuments and other symbols within three years of the massacre.  ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306350 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306352 Actions were not without criticism, with complaints that removing a flag, monument, renaming a military base or school, or ending a state holiday is ‘erasing history.' ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306352 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306355 In response, some state legislatures enacted monument protection laws preventing cities and counties from removing monuments. (Click to read the full bill summary.)]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306355 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306357 President Donald Trump sided with those who want to continue honoring the Confederacy ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306357 Southern Poverty Law Center tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306359  Full Report: https://www.splcenter.org/20190201/whose-heritage-public-symbols-confederacy#findings]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306359 Three years after the Charleston massacre, 100 Confederate monuments had been removed. However many symbols honoring the Confederacy remain in public spaces, including: tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306361 ·         780 Confederate monuments and statues on public property throughout the U.S.
·         103 public K-12 schools and three colleges named after prominent Confederates
·         80 counties and cities named for Confederates
·         11 states have 23 Confederate holidays or observances in their state codes 
·         10 major U.S. military bases are named in honor of Confederate military leaders
]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306361 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306362 George Floyd is killed by police on May 25, 2020, during an arrest in Minneapolis, powering a massive movement against police brutality and racial injustice. Among the actions taken are removal of Confederate monuments, some deliberately breaking laws that prohibit their removal.

Wikipedia maintains an ongoing list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306362 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306365 Legislative protection for the Confederacy is weakening; Virginia recently passed legislation allowing localities the power to remove monuments in public spaces. ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306365 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306367 However, the state of Alabama filed a lawsuit against the City of Birmingham for its removal of a historic monument in violation of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306367 June, 2015 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306368 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306368 2017 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306370 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306370 2019 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306371 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306371 Fast Forward to 2020 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306372 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306372 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306374 Robert E. Lee statue is removed from its pedestal at The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 20-21, 2017. ]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306374 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306376 An estimated crowd of 30,000 peaceful protesters demanding police reform returned to Union Park Saturday, a week after the George Floyd protests and accompanying riots rattled the city.]]> 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306376 tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306377 2020-10-13 18:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826306377 2020 has seen the movement to remove Confederate monuments grow and expand, now giving greater scrutiny to other historical figures. Statues of former Presidents George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt have become high profile targets for attack or removal. In July the City of Chicago removed statues of Christopher Columbus from Chicago parks in the dead of night 'until further notice.' Heroes of the past are no longer revered but demoted to positions of dishonor. Should these relics be removed? Or preserved as mementos of history? tk0mkl1 https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826308152 Removed: Christopher Columbus, part of the Drake Fountain in South Chicago
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/31/citys-last-columbus-statue-removed-in-south-chicago/]]> 2020-10-13 18:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tk0mkl1/xu1tn4ta80xch8gc/wish/826308152