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‘It doesn’t represent me’: Mohawk, a 63-year-old veteran, has protested the Confederate monument for weeks

Amid the bustle of a football game weekend, a crowd gathered last Saturday in front of the Confederate monument on the Square, many of them carrying signs with quotes like “Love your

October 29, 2020

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The monument moved, but is the community content?: Here is what you missed concerning the Confederate monument and its relocation

The last time students were on campus in March, the Confederate monument still towered over the entrance to the Circle, and the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees had

August 23, 2020

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University installs temporary fencing to block Confederate monument visibility

After continued criticism of the Confederate monument’s placement on the University of Mississippi campus, the university installed “a temporary screen” on the side of the monument facing Manning Way and Hill Drive

August 18, 2020

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Black student leaders demand meeting with Chancellor Boyce

Updated July, 20, 2020. Chancellor Glenn Boyce agreed to meet with nine Black student leaders on campus this afternoon. Nicholas Crasta, Amirah Lockhart, Jailien Grant, DeArrius Rhymes, Re’Kia Fairley, Candace Bolden, Asia

July 16, 2020

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Protests continue: Students, faculty and alumni march against relocation plans

Dozens of university community members marched from the Grill at 1810 to the Confederate cemetery in opposition of the university’s “proposed plans for the renovation of the Confederate cemetery” on Monday afternoon.

July 1, 2020

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We read the university’s 156-page proposal to relocate the Confederate monument so you don’t have to. Here’s what you need to know.

The Confederate monument located in the Circle and its relocation to the Confederate cemetery on campus has been a hot topic of conversation over the past several years. Now the discussion is

June 28, 2020

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Citizens project ‘TAKE IT DOWN’ onto the Lafayette County Courthouse Confederate monument

For roughly thirty minutes on Saturday night, two men illuminated the Confederate monument on the Square with the words ‘TAKE IT DOWN,’ using a projector mounted atop their car on South Lamar

June 21, 2020

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IHL voted yes. Now what?

Shortly after the state college board voted on Thursday morning authorizing the University of Mississippi to relocate its Confederate monument, students, professors and community members grew angry and disappointed as details of

June 21, 2020

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Thousands of UM students urge IHL to vote on Confederate monument relocation this week

Nearly five months have passed since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees tabled their vote on relocating the University of Mississippi’s Confederate monument. Now, the six largest student

June 14, 2020

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UM Greek life takes a stand for Confederate monument relocation

Almost 15 months after the Associated Student Body Senate unanimously voted to relocate the Confederate monument at the University of Mississippi, Delta Psi chapter president Drew Leopard called for all fraternity and

June 7, 2020

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