4 Confederate statues to be removed from The University of Texas at Austin campus

The University of Texas President Greg Fenves has ordered the removal of four Confederate statues from the Austin campus, according to an online statement issued late Sunday. Statues depicting Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, John Reagan and James Stephen Hogg were reportedly in the process of being removed from the Main Mall as of the 11 p.m. announcement. Fenves said the decision was a direct reaction to the Aug. 12 violence at Charlottesville, Virginia, and the June 2015 church shooting in Charleston, S.C. “These events make it clear, now more than ever, that Confederate monuments have become symbols of […]

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