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His reinterpretation of the original artwork incites viewers to rethink national, historical narratives, and comes at a crucial time in light of the movements to remove Confederate monuments across the South.

I'm looking at acts of counter-protest at Confederate monuments.

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The exhibition explores themes converging around feminist activists from American history, domestic ornament in service of political messages, such as Quaker abolitionist quilts and pro-Confederacy secessionist cockades, and the recent removal of Baltimore's Confederate monuments.

Employing a broad array of materials and processes, their work explores some of the most pressing issues of our time, including the immigrant experience, transgender rights, the housing crisis, racial and economic inequality, global warming, and Confederate monuments.

The biggest news stories, from White House machinations, gun violence, and immigration to the fate of Confederate monuments, racial division, and sexual harassment and assault revelations, directly affected some institutions, were reflected in the work of artists, and prompted many to take action through open letters, protests, and special campaigns and projects.

The intentions of these performances, along with the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa, share some similarities with recent calls in the United States to remove Confederate monuments and flags from public places in order to address the legacy of racism and violence in the country's history.

«My recent project, Sin Heroes [Hero-less], came as a direct response to seeing a lot of Confederate monuments while living in the American South for two years.

The developing story of the national reassessment of disgraceful Confederate monuments has productively unearthed, for the general public, the symbolic power of art and its propagandistic role in perpetuating systems of power and control.

The artist's first New York solo show features images of toppled confederate monuments and police brutality.

Recent protests against white supremacy and Confederate monuments in the American south have made it clear that the complexities of our history continue to influence and confound contemporary perspectives on race, rights and equality.

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The biggest news stories, from White House machinations, gun violence, and immigration to the fate of Confederate monuments, racial division, and sexual harassment and assault revelations,...

Inspired by last weekend's race - fueled violence in Charlottesville, a local official proposed renaming the school, extending the debate over Confederate monuments to institutions whose names honor the leaders of the pro-slavery Southern states in the U.S. Civil War.

My «Rewriting American History» column, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail.

Leader: Fitzhugh Brundage, William B. Umstead Distinguished Professor; Department Chair, History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NHC Fellow 1995 — 96 Teacher Leader: Kevin Levin, Civil War historian and former history teacher Confederate monuments are the most common form of monumental public art in the former states of the Confederacy.

After the violence surrounding a white nationalist rally in August in Charlottesville, Virginia, some communities are taking down their Confederate monuments — some in the middle of the night.

In many cases, school district lines are the more potent Confederate monuments that we still need to take down.

Just as the country grapples with the meaning and problems of Confederate monuments, so too are schools, towns, and even whole states grappling with «Columbus Day.»

The past few weeks have revitalized debates across the country about what role Confederate monuments play in commemorating U.S. history.

The New Orleans City Council voted 6 - 1 Thursday to remove four prominent Confederate monuments as a public nuisance.

The removal of Confederate monuments from their municipalities is costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. cities.

The mayor announced the task force in response to white nationalists who rioted in Charlottesville, Va. over the removal of Confederate monuments.

There were originally two Confederate monuments in the cemetery.

De Blasio announced plans for the 90 day review of monuments on city property in the wake of violence in Charlottesville, Va., sparked by white supremacists who were opposing the removal of Confederate monuments.

De Blasio announced his task force in response to white nationalists who rioted in Charlottesville, Va., over the removal of Confederate monuments.

A plaque proclaiming Jefferson Davis as a hero and a patriot will be removed from Kentucky's Capitol, the latest effort to alter Confederate monuments across the country following outbreaks of racially motivated violence.

During the era of Jim Crow, Confederate monuments could be placed most anywhere.

The discussion surrounding the Columbus statue began after after a protester was killed during a violent rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia last month stemming from the removal of Confederate monuments.

Staten Island Assembly member Matthew Titone also expressed concern about the «slippery slope» of a review that was sparked by opposition to Confederate monuments.

Even within the family of Robert E. Lee, there are divisions over what should be done about Confederate monuments and what their ancestor stands for now.

A state agency has been asked to determine the costs of removing Confederate monuments from state property and find alternative spots for their placement, Cooper said.

The University of Texas hastily removed four Confederate monuments from its campus after its president said the statues represented «modern white supremacy» and «neo-Nazism.»

Gov. Terry McAuliffe struck a softer tone on Confederate monuments yesterday, two weeks after urging Virginia's cities and state legislature to move them to museums or graveyards, saying relocation might be too costly to undertake after all.

Under fire for defending racist activist groups, President Trump said on Twitter that he was «sad» to see United States» history torn apart by the removal of «our beautiful statues and monuments,» echoing a popular refrain of white supremacist groups that oppose the removal of Confederate monuments.

A judge in Charlottesville, Virginia, ruled that local officials must take down the black shrouds covering two Confederate monuments while a lawsuit continues over the city's plan to permanently remove the controversial statues.

De Blasio has seized hold of the national debate over the removal of confederate monuments by ordering a review of all possible «symbols of hate» in the city — once again grabbing national attention while simultaneously putting himself in a tricky situation.

Sadly, most of the debate is anchored in an analysis that freights these bronze statues with the racial politics of our own time — rather than considering the motives of those who raised Confederate monuments in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during the great period of Civil War memorialization.

(By the reasoning of elite Democrats, the 30 percent of African - American Virginians who oppose taking down the Confederate monuments either do not exist or are highly confused white supremacists.)

Last year, when several cities were taking actions to remove Confederate monuments, Pres. Trump tweeted, «Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.»

This week, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to fine the city of Memphis $ 250,000 for removing Confederate monuments.

He once wrote this when asked about building Confederate monuments at Civil War historic sites: «I think it wiser moreover not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavoured to obliterate the marks of civil strife and to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered.»

The Tennessee House of Representatives voted Tuesday to fine the city of Memphis $ 250,000 for removing Confederate monuments.

The removal of Confederate monuments has also stirred up anger in cities like New Orleans, and officials in several states are now making similar efforts.

In June, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley supported the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state Capitol, and in December, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments.

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For example, the Confederate monument in the opening pages of Secret Keepers has been relocated from a central location in town to a new marginalized spot in the New South — in front of a cemetery.

Not exact matches

Trump also said if city and state officials were willing to take down statues and monuments of Confederate heroes Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, America's founding fathers — such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson — could go next.

One aide who felt energized by the president's actions was the embattled White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who shares Mr. Trump's anger at the efforts of local governments to remove monuments honoring prominent Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee.