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Two memorials, two histories.

Two memorials, two histories. Elementor #82591 News Sports Arts & Culture Opinion Print Editions Advertise Ad Policy Why the Emmett Till memorial brieflysat in front of the Confederate monument KENNETH NIEMEYER The

October 31, 2019

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Confederate monument decision slated for December

Provost Noel Wilkin said the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has put the movement of the Confederate monument on their December meeting agenda. Wilkin committed to transparency regarding the movement of

October 15, 2019

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Opinion: What should go in the statue’s place?

The University of Mississippi is in an identity crisis. At times, this crisis seems to have permeated every inch of our space and each one of our people, its instances ranging from

September 20, 2019

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Monument decision now out of university hands

Plans to relocate the Confederate monument to the Confederate cemetery have been sent to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks announced Wednesday afternoon. After five and

August 29, 2019

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Ole Miss Confederate monument: Sparks releases first statement ahead of faculty senate, Staff Council votes

Updated: 7:20 p.m. Thursday The university faculty senate passed its resolution calling for the relocation of the Confederate monument in the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on campus with a unanimous vote

March 7, 2019

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Head coach Kermit Davis, players speak out about protest

It’s been almost a week since eight Ole Miss men’s basketball players, led by Devontae Shuler, knelt during the national anthem before the team’s game against Georgia. Before the team’s first game

February 28, 2019

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Counterprotesters a no-show at SASI’s march

Members of Students Against Social Injustice (SASI) marched on campus Friday afternoon to demand the university administration remove its Confederate monument. The protest was not met with counterprotesters after the leader of

February 22, 2019

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Opinion: Why contextualization doesn’t work

Essentially, contextualization doesn’t work with Confederate statues in public spaces because it’s a policy based exclusively on the white experience. It pleases nostalgic fans of cherry-picked, sanitized history and guilty white “liberals”

October 30, 2017

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Rebuilding the Confederacy

October 13, 2017

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Opinion: What to do with the statue? Just ask Germany

As I was traveling through Germany waiting for my study abroad program to start, I couldn’t help but notice all the monuments, memorials and museums dedicated to the victims of the Nazi

September 25, 2017

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