In the early morning hours in Pittsboro, NC the Confederate monument outside the Chatham County courthouse was taken down. The county board of commissioners voted to remove the statue in August. The statue and pedestal were to be taken to a “safe location” for storage until the Winnie Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of […]
Last month county commissioners of Chatham county voted 4-1 to bring down the confederate monument that has stood in front of the county courthouse since 1907. Supporters and opponents of Confederate monuments gathered in downtown Pittsboro Saturday afternoon to hold opposing rallies. “(Confederate monuments were) used as a method of intimidation of the black community […]
A city contractor in New Orleans was the victim of a vicious vandalism attack after he discovered that his $200,000 Lamborghini was set ablaze. Although police didn’t officially make the connection, it is believed that the vehicle was torched because the contractor was hired to remove a series of statues related to the Confederacy. HuffPost Black […]
Another Confederate monument was vandalized in Raleigh last night. The NC Women of the Confederacy monument that faces Morgan St. was defaced with the words “Black Lives Matter” spray painted on the front. Read more at WTVD.com
