Tag: Confederate monument
Alabama city takes step to move Confederate monument
An Alabama city has taken a step toward removing a Confederate monument following weeks of pressure.
The Florence City Council voted...
Confederate monument in Birmingham partially removed overnight
Crews were expected to return later Tuesday to finish removing the monument.
Protesters tear down Confederate monument, Bham Mayor Randall Woodfin vows to...
Birmingham, Ala. Mayor Randall Woodfin has promised to "finish the job" of tearing down a 115-year-old Confederate monument after protestors did their...
Birmingham Mayor criticizes Alabama law protecting Confederate monument
Woodfin made the comments the same day lawmakers debated a proposal to increase fines for violating the law.
Monument Protections Upheld by Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court overturned an earlier ruling concerning a Birmingham confederate monument by a Jefferson County judge.
Alabama Confederate statue law to stay in effect amid appeal
An Alabama law that prohibits cities from removing Confederate monuments will remain in effect while the state appeals a judge’s ruling that declared the...
Birmingham seeks to maintain Confederate monument ruling
The city of Birmingham is asking a judge to maintain his ruling that overturned a state law protecting Confederate monuments.
In a court filing last...
Judge rules Alabama Confederate monuments protection law is null and void
A judge has overturned an Alabama law that prevents the removal of Confederate monuments from public property.
Late Monday,...
History shared but unreconciled in city’s Confederate statue
In 1906, when aging, white Confederate veterans of the Civil War and black ex-slaves still lived on the old plantations of the Deep South,...
Campaign begins in Huntsville to remove Confederate monument
The weekend’s events — where violence broke out in Charlottesville, Va. during a demonstration by white nationalists and neo-Nazi groups opposed to the removal...