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No headstones will be added in Confederate cemetery, Boyce confirms

The Confederate monument relocation plan will no longer include the installation of headstones in the Confederate cemetery, according to a statement from Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Friday, July 17. Earlier this week,

July 17, 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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Confederate monument leaves the center of campus

Nearly a month after the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the relocation, the Confederate monument was moved from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery behind the Tad

July 14, 2020

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Ole Miss athletes march for removal of Confederate monument on the Square

With the recent news of the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approving the relocation of the Confederate monument from the Circle, Ole Miss students and student athletes have

June 28, 2020

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Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context clarifies its involvement in university’s relocation plans

Since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the university’s request to relocate the Confederate monument, members of the university community have spoken out against certain details of

June 27, 2020

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Opinion: Making a shrine out of the Confederate cemetery is amoral and ahistorical

The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) issued a statement last Thursday noting that Confederate monuments “still stand as symbols of those ideologies and sometimes serve as rallying points for bigotry and

June 25, 2020

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IHL college board to approve relocating Confederate monument from heart of Ole Miss campus

The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning, during its Thursday meeting, is expected to consider and approve a plan to relocate the Confederate monument at the University of Mississippi.

June 15, 2020

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IFC executive member refuses to sign Greek statement in support of statue relocation

The vice president of programming for the university’s Interfraternity Council did not sign the joint letter from the UM Greek community calling for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees

June 10, 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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UPD arrests man suspected of vandalizing Confederate monument

As peaceful protesters met on the Square on Saturday, the Confederate monument that sits at the Circle on campus was vandalized. The words “spiritual genocide” were spraypainted in black across all four

May 30, 2020

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