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Board of Aldermen has no plans to move Confederate monument from the Square

At this week’s Board of Aldermen meeting, Mayor Robyn Tannehill said that there are no plans to move the Confederate monument from the center of the Square unless the Lafayette County Board

October 22, 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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Approved: State college board votes to relocate UM’s Confederate monument

It’s done. After years of advocacy, several protests, at least four pieces of student and faculty legislation and thousands of signatures, the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees voted

June 18, 2020

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