SPLC finds 1,500 government-backed tributes to the Confederacy across U.S.
Most were put in place during the early decades of Jim Crow or in reaction to the civil rights movement
Published on Apr 21, 2016 - 12:32:28 PM
By: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
April 21, 2016 - ... The report – Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy – catalogs 1,503 examples of monuments and statues; flags; city, county and school names; lakes, dams and other public works; state holidays; and other symbols that honor the Confederacy.
The vast majority are in the 11 states that formed the Confederacy, but some are also found as far away as California and Massachusetts.
“Public governmental displays of Confederate monuments and other symbols undermine the promise of equality that’s the basis of our democracy,” said SPLC President Richard Cohen. “The argument that these tributes represent Southern ‘heritage’ ignores the heritage of African Americans whose ancestors were enslaved by the millions and later subjected to decades of oppression” ...
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