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Community members gather on Square to protest Confederate monument

Oxford community members marched around the Lafayette County Courthouse lawn at 4 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 24 calling for the removal of the Confederate statue that stands there. The crowd gathered in

October 25, 2020

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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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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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Chancellor commits to Confederate statue relocation

Chancellor Glenn Boyce said he was committed to seeing that the Confederate monument that sits on campus is removed from the Circle, according to an email sent to the university community. “This

May 31, 2020

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IHL delays final vote on monument relocation

The Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees removed the proposal to relocate the Confederate monument from the Circle to the campus Confederate cemetery from their monthly meeting agenda last Thursday.

January 21, 2020

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State senator introduces legislation barring “public governing entities” from moving historical monuments and memorials

Last Thursday, Mississippi Sen. Joseph Seymour (R-Vancleave) introduced a bill to the state legislature that would “delete the authority of public governing entities to move historical monuments and memorials.” Seymour’s bill, SB2068,

January 21, 2020

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IHL Board delays vote to relocate Confederate monument

JACKSON — The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees removed the proposal to relocate the Confederate monument from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on campus from their monthly meeting agenda

January 16, 2020

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Opinion: Campus culture and ‘1984’ aren’t so different

I recently went to see the play “1984” put on by the Aquila Theatre company of New York. It is a fantastic and moving play depicting a dystopian society where “Big Brother”

December 5, 2019

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Opinion: I am UM’s first black female Rhodes Scholar. We still have work to do.

It still hasn’t hit me. Ten years ago, if someone would have told me I would be the University of Mississippi’s 27th Rhodes Scholar or its first black female Rhodes Scholar, I

December 4, 2019

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