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In US, death threats for those removing Confederate statues
AFP, Published on 02/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: Since his contracting company began removing Confederate statues from Richmond, Virginia -- controversial symbols of the South's slave-holding past -- Devon Henry has got himself a gun that never leaves his side.
At top Confederate general's home near Washington, enslaved voices elevated
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» ARLINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Statues of Robert E. Lee have been toppled as the United States grapples with its racist past but on a hill overlooking the nation's capital, the top Confederate general's house has been totally revamped.
US city removes flashpoint statues including Confederate generals
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» CHARLOTTESVILLE (UNITED STATES) - The southern US city of Charlottesville on Saturday took down controversial statues including two honoring Civil War pro-slavery generals which had become the focus of protests.
America divided two months after death of Floyd
AFP, Published on 25/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - One after another, statues recalling slavery in America keep coming down, and night after night demonstrators taunt police in a groundswell of anger over brutality against people of color.
US House approves removing Confederate statues from Capitol
AFP, Published on 23/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure removing from Capitol Hill statues of people who served in the Confederacy during the country's bitter 19th century Civil War.
Top US general eyes taking Confederate names off US bases
AFP, Published on 10/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - America's top general called Thursday for a review of military bases still named for Civil War Confederate leaders, an idea roundly dismissed by President Donald Trump.
Trump, black NASCAR driver in war of words over noose protest
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: NASCAR's Bubba Wallace accused Donald Trump on Monday of stirring up "hate" after the president demanded that the circuit's only black driver apologise for protests launched over a noose found hanging in his garage stall.
As US struggles with virus, Trump heads to Rushmore for fireworks
AFP, Published on 04/07/2020
» KEYSTONE (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump bemoaned protests demanding racial justice as "violent mayhem" Friday, but said little about an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases as he attended a crowded, fireworks-studded Independence Day celebration beneath majestic Mount Rushmore.
Richmond removing Confederate statues, Mississippi retires state flag
AFP, Published on 02/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - A campaign in the United States to remove symbols of the pro-slavery Civil War South gained momentum on Wednesday as workers began taking down statues in the Virginia city that was the Confederate capital and Mississippi retired the state flag.
Ex-officers charged in George Floyd killing due in court
AFP, Published on 30/06/2020
» MINNEAPOLIS - The former police officer charged with killing George Floyd and three others accused of abetting the African American's murder were to appear in court Monday, in a case that has touched off a global reckoning over racial inequality.