Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
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The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military leader.
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.
The U.S. Military Academy is taking down a portrait and stone bust of Confederate General Robert E. Lee over the holiday break, officials announced.
The spot where a Robert E. Lee statue once stood in New Orleans is now home to the image of an African deity. The installation is part of “Prospect New Orleans,” an event that features artists from all over the world once every three years. Although exhibitions are usually temporary, that's changing this time around. Michelle Miller reports.
Conservators said the 19th century artifacts were "in better shape" than expected.
Governor Ralph Northam tweeted X-rays of the box and said it would be opened at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
A box that was thought to be the famed time capsule actually wasn't, so the search in Richmond, Virginia, is to begin anew.
A time capsule, more than a century old, was opened up after being discovered beneath a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that was recently taken down in Richmond, Virginia. CBS News' Courtney Kealy has more on what was found inside.
A contractor at the site said there could be a second time capsule that's yet to be found.
The statue will be given to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville.
Jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in the civil trial against organizers of the deadly "Unite the Right" rally four years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga was inside the courtroom and joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
The former Confederate images "represented a false narrative of what America once was and left out the painful truth of our history," the Cathedral dean said.
The monument depicts two 12-foot bronze statues of a woman holding an infant, and a man breaking free from shackles.
A newspaper article from 1887 suggested the copper time capsule contained a "picture of Lincoln lying in his coffin," as well as other memorabilia.
"The public monuments reflect the story we choose to tell about who we are as a people," Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said. "It is time to display history as history."
The state of Virginia has taken down one of the nation's largest Confederate monuments, a 12-ton bronze statue of General Robert E. Lee on Richmond's historic Monument Avenue. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about what the statue's removal means for the community and the push to address racial injustice.
Two statues of Confederate generals were removed in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. One of them, the Robert E. Lee statue, was at the center of a violent white supremacist rally nearly four years ago.
The city of Charlottesville, Virginia has taken down the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The Charlottesville City Council also voted to take down the city's Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea statue. Activist Zyahna Bryant joins CBSN with more.
The monument became a rallying cry for white supremacists and other racist groups, culminating in the deadly 2017 "Unite the Right" rally.
The initial attempt to remove the statue of a Robert E. Lee monument prompted a rally in 2017 that turned deadly.
For the first time in three years, visitors can return inside Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, atop Arlington National Cemetery. The National Park Service recently completed a three-year overhaul of the national memorial that united the descendants of General Robert E. Lee and enslaved people who once lived and labored on the plantation. Only on “CBS This Morning,” Jericka Duncan was there when they met up for the first time in person.
Visitors can return to Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial starting on Tuesday.
Members of a group called CSA II: The New Confederate States of America rallied in Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday in support of the city's statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The group was greatly outnumbered by counter-protesters, including those from the Black Lives Matter movement. Paula Reid reports.
John Dickerson, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and anchor of "Face The Nation," joins CBSN to discuss the important historical distinction between slave-owning Founding Fathers and those who led the Confederacy in the Civil War.