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Tag: confederate monuments

Posted inGov & Politics

Texas Officials Vote to Remove Confederate Plaque That Says Civil War Wasn’t Over Slavery

Avatar photo by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

State Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas) has led a crusade to get rid of the plaque, which asserts the Civil War was “not a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery.”

Posted inGov & Politics

Texas AG Says Board Led by Gov. Abbott Can Remove Confederate Plaque in the Capitol

Avatar photo by Teo Armus November 22, 2018January 31, 2020
Posted inEducation

Lee High School’s New Name Has a Familiar Ring

Avatar photo by Bekah McNeel October 9, 2017February 28, 2018
The "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque, highlighted in a letter state Rep. Eric Johnson sent to the State Preservation Board, asking that it be taken down.
Posted inGov & Politics

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus Calls for Removal of ‘Inaccurate’ Confederate Plaque

Avatar photo by Alex Arriaga September 19, 2017
Emmitt Till was murdered in Mississippi in 1955.
Posted inSocial Issues

UIW Speaker Highlights Continuing Relevance of Emmett Till’s Murder

Avatar photo by Bekah McNeel September 16, 2017September 15, 2017
Posted inGov & Politics

Confederate Monument Removed from Travis Park Overnight

Avatar photo by Iris Dimmick September 1, 2017January 31, 2020
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