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Politics Why Virginia Is Still Toppling Statues Dixie is dead, even if a few stray spirits remain to be exorcised. Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the New York Times journalist Peter Applebome wrote a book about the South. The title, Dixie Rising: How the South Is Shaping American Values, Politics, and Culture, said it all. Applebome surveyed the landscape of the mid-1990s and saw the Southerners Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, and Trent Lott occupying the commanding heights of government; he saw states below the Mason-Dixon line booming economically and demographically; he saw…Open
Statues of Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall Jackson,” Gov. William "Extra Billy" Smith and physician Hunter Holmes McGuire were removed six years after civil rights demonstrators in Richmond took down an iconic statue of Jefferson Davis.
Statues honoring Confederate Generals Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and Gov. William “Extra Billy” Smith, as well as Confederate Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire are no longer on display.
Singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood discusses the relaunch of his patriotic brand, Soldier Valley Spirits, which donates proceeds to veteran charities. Greenwood also shares his thoughts on upcoming 9/11 memorials.
A former Ku Klux Klan hall in Texas is becoming an arts center — one of several racist landmarks across the U.S. that communities are trying to turn from symbols of terror into sites of reparation . Why it matters: Years after the backlash against Confederate monuments, new fights have emerged over what to do with remaining physical reminders of particularly hurtful racism — tear them down, preserve them, reinterpret them or return them to communities harmed by them. Zoom in: In Fort Worth, Texas, advocates are turning the former KKK Klavern No. 101 auditorium into an arts and community center named after a Black lynching victim. - The building once stood as a threat to Black Americans, Latinos and Catholic and Jewish immigrants. -…
The design process for new memorials shouldn't be fast-tracked or dictated by a select few, experts say. But a small group of people close to President Trump played an outsized role in the arch's quick approvals.
Ahead of celebrations around America’s 250th birthday, “Morning in America with Hena Doba” catches up with Nick Benson, the owner and creative director of The John Stevens Shop. The stone carving shop was founded in 1705 and has worked on some of the country’s most historic memorials. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national weekend morning newscast hosted by Hena Doba. Saturday and Sunday starting at 7a/6C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
