PRL) News Newall Now PLAYLIST LL eo DONATE. America Reckons With Racial Injustice Confederate Statues Come Down Around U.S., But Not Everywhere October 6, 2020 - 5:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition © @) son aurNerr PIPER MCDANIEL Download 6-Minute Listen PLAYLIST TranscriptAsiatue of a Confederate soldier on Washington Street in Lewisburg, W.Va, Jot Greenberg Universal Images Group via Getty Images About 60 Confederate monuments have come down across the U.S. amid a national reckoning on race — but nearly half'as many localities that considered removing their statues have decided to keep them. Since George Floyd's death in May that sparked nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice, there have been votes or decisions to protect 28 monuments, according to an NPR count. These monuments — from Tallahassee, Fla., to Stone Mountain, Ga., to Cochise County, Ariz, — are among the nearly 700 Confederate memorials that remain on public land, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Since The Killing Of George Floyd, Officials Have Decided To Keep These 28 Confederate Monuments Standing ‘There have been votes or decisions to protect 28 Confederate monuments across the county since George Floyd's death on May 25, according to NPR's count. Floyd's death in police custody spurred calls for the monuments to come down. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, about 60 have been removed since then omy & MONUMENT NAME COUNTY DESCRIPTION Arizona Monument located at Picacho Peak Picacho, Arizona Gav. Doug Ducey announced plans on July 22, to remove two of, State Park Pinal County Arizona's four Confederate monuments, leaving two standing. (Source) Monumentlocated at Southern Sierra Vista, Ducey's plan, announced July 22, to remove two Confederate statues left two Arizona Veterans Memorial Cochise others standing. (Sourco) Cemetery County Delaware Confederate Monument Georgetown, Georgetown Historical Society President Jim Bowden said the monument would Sussex remain standing despite calls from the community to take it dawn, according to a County Delaware Online article published June 21, (Source) Florida Obelisk located infront of he Tallahassee, Government and legislative leaders claimed they lacked authority to move the Florida Capito! Leon County monument and have taken no action on multiple bills advocating for the removal ‘of Confederate symbols and monuments, according to a Tallahassee.com article published June 13. (Sourco) Georgia Stone Mountain Park Stone _On Sept. 14, members of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association said they are Mountain, considering proposed changes to the monument, but removal isnot under Dekalb consideration. (Source) CountyKentucky Confederate monument located at the Calloway County Courthouse commemorating county residents, ‘who fought in the Civil War Louisiana South's Defenders Monument Confederate statue outside courthouse Statue of Henry Allen, former Confederate govemor and general Maryland Talbot Boys Statue, a monument ‘commemorating 84 soldiers from Talbot County who fought for the Confederacy. Michigan Statue of a Confederate soldier and 2 young slave located at a park in Allendale Township Mississippi Confederate monument located in Oxford Square Confederate soldier located at the Lauderdale Courthouse Confederate Statue located at the Lee County Courthouse Confederate soldier located at Neshoba County Courthouse North Carolina Confederate monument in front of ‘Alamance County Courthouse Tennessee Confederate statue located in downtown Cleveland Texas Confederate monument located at the Gregg County Courthouse Confederate monument located at the Harrison County courthouse Murray, Calloway County Fiscal Court votes unanimously July 15 to keep the Confederate Calloway monument where it stands, (Source) County Lake Calcasiou Police Jury votes 10-4 to leave the South's Defenders Monument Charles, where itis on Aug. 13; statue toppled by Hurricane Laura soon after. (Source) Caleasiou Parish Clinton, East East Feliciana Parish Police Jury votes 5-3 against measure requiring the statue Feliciana to be removed on July 6. (Source) Parish Baton _The West Baton Rouge Parish Council votes 6-3 to keep Henry Allen statue at its Rouge, West courthouse location on July 9. (Source) Baton Rouge Parish Easton, Talbot County Council votes 3-2 against resolution to remove Talbot Boys statue Taloot on Aug. 11. (Source) County Allendale The Allendale Township Board of Trustees votes unanimously on June 30 to keep Township, the statue in the park and form a committee to investigate possible futuro actions, Ottawa (Source) Oxford, The five-member Lafayette County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted down Lafayette a proposal to relocate the Confederate statue located in Oxford Square on July 6 County (Source) Meridian, Lauderdale County Supervisors voted fo keep the Confederate statue on the Lauderdale grounds of the Lauderdale County Courthouse July 20, Supervisors’ President County Kyle Rutledge said the courthouse was going to be made into a museum s0 the statue's location was appropriate, (Source) Tupelo, Lee Lee County Board of Supervisors votes to keep a Confederate monument located County at the county courthouse in Tupelo on Aug. 3. (Source) Philadelphia, Neshoba County Board of Supervisors voted to keep a statue of a Confederate Neshoba soldier located at the Neshoba County Courthouse on July 20 despite requests County _ from the Black Empowerment Organization and the Southern Poverty Law Center to remove it. (Source) Graham, Alamance County Commissioners vote to keep the Confederate monument in ‘Alamance front of the courthouse on Sept. 8. (Source) County Cleveland, The City Council issued a letter Aug. 24 saying the city doesn't have legal Bradley standing on the removal of the monument and won't take action unless ordered by County _astate judge. (Source) Longview, On Aug. 17, the Gregg County Commissioner's Court took ne action on a motion Gregg toremove the monument, (Source) County Marshall, Harrison County Commissioner's Court denies a second motion to relocate a Harrison statue from the courthouse square on Aug. 19. (Source)County Confederate statue located on the Weatherford, All five members of the Parker County Commissioners Court voted unaminously lawn at the Parker County Parker on July 30 to keep the statue until the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which courthouse County owns it, have the funds and resources to move it. (Source) Sons of the Southland Obelisk Witehita On July 21, the Wichita Falls City Couneil took no action to move the monument Falls, ‘after a motion for temporary removal and a motion to make the removal a ballot Wichita measure both failed. (Source) County Virginia ‘Three statues: Confederate Gen. Lexington, Virginia Miltary Institute Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay issued a statement on ‘Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, the Rockbridge July 29, saying the VMI will not rename buildings named after confederate leaders New Market Monument and the County or remove any of at least 3 statues located on campus, but would implement Francis H. Smith statue measures to better promote racial equity. (‘Sourco) Confederate monument on Frankiin Rocky On July 21, the Franklin County Board of Supervisors took no action to remove 3 County Courthouse grounds Mount, Confederate monument located on the courthouse grounds and decided to put the Franklin issue on the November ballat as a referendum. (Source) County Confederate Monument located _Isle of Wight, On Sept 17, Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to keep monument utside the Isle of Wight Courthouse Isle of Wight standing and appoint a task force to investigate and recommend a course of County action. (Source) West Virginia ‘Thomas “Stonewall Jackson statue Harrison On July 17, the Harrison County Commission voted 2-1 against moving the Gen. County Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson statue. (Source) Confederate monument Lewisburg, Lewisburg Mayor Beverly White issued a statement on June 26 saying the statue Greenbrier will stayin place. (Source) County SHOW LESS a Source: NPR conducted a state-by-state soarch of news coverage looking for Instances where decision-makers and elected bodies took action to protect Confederate monuments in publ 95 In response 10 ci is for thoir removal. Data do net inc fedorate markors or tnbutos, such as street and building names, paintings and plaques. Data may not be comprehensive. (Credit: Connie Hanzhang Jn and Piper McDanieJNPRHow a community goes about deciding what to do with its Confederate statue can be arduous, says Leonard Moore, a historian who lectures about race, civil rights and monuments at the University of Texas at Austin. While he doesn't believe these Civil War monuments belong on public property, he¢ -WEDEMIND yusTie ek snc nent, wie ottJUSTICE FOR JONATHAN +! iam