Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Removed In 2020, Report Says; More Than 700 Remain
An annual survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 168 Confederate symbols, 94 of them monuments, came down across the country, virtually all in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.
by Rachel Treisman
Feb 23, 2021
2 minutes
A report released Tuesday found that were removed across the United States in 2020, virtually all of them following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. Only one of the symbols was removed prior to Floyd's death, when Virginia renamed Lee-Jackson Day in April as
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