Founded in 2016 as the state’s first nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom, Mississippi Today’s roots in Capitol coverage have grown to encompass a myriad of beats beyond politics and policy, including education, public health, justice, environment, equity, and, yes, sports. Last month, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending measure for the legislative branch that would remove 14 statues of Confederates and others “with unambiguous records of racial intolerance” from the Capitol building. On June 4, many Black Lives Matter protesters gathered around the famous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. Call for removal of Confederate statues sparks debates in North Texas communities Eston Williams, a 71-year-old retired reverend in Kaufman County, … Kellie Meyer, “Debate over Removing Confederate Statues on Capitol Hill,” Gray TV (August 17, 2017) James Grossman, “A Historian Explains Why Trump’s Defense of Confederate Statues Doesn’t Make Any Sense,” ATTN: Video (August 17, 2017) James Grossman, “Listen at 0:00:50,” BBC World Service Radio Newsday (August 17, 2017) Bobby has a bachelor's in American Studies from the University of Southern Mississippi and has received multiple awards from the Mississippi Press Association, including the Bill Minor Best Investigative/In-depth Reporting and Best Commentary Column. Are we prepared to take down statues of Victoria, Ruskin, Disraeli, Churchill and countless others who supported imperialism? To learn more about our cartoon syndication services. This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. During the protests following the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, many Confederate statues were damaged or toppled, as were statues of Presidents George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , and Ulysses S. Grant . The City of London on Thursday approved the removal from its ceremonial Guildhall home of statues of two figures that symbolise the financial sector's historic role in slavery. Two of the statues include Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens, the president and vice president of the Confederate States of America. The current debate about removing statues. The protests at the Confederate capital was focused on the removal of statues on Monument Avenue. George… Those men do not represent all Mississippians and do not project a positive image for our state. I have attached two of my essays from my website www.britishempire.me.uk, one on the importance of studying history and the second on the removal of the statue of Rhodes on Oriel College. How to best depict the history of our nation is always up for debate, but it is not the role of Congress to dictate to states which statues should be placed in the Capitol.”. by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 11, 2020. Everything associated with imperialism? Gladsone started life as a Tory opposing he reforms of the 1830s including the abolition of slavery and the Factory Acts but he went on to become the personificationof liberalism in Victorian society. “Mississippi is unfortunately represented by Jefferson Davis and J.Z. The police killing of George Floyd sparked widespread protests and reignited efforts across the U.S. to remove Confederate and other statues viewed as symbols of slavery and racism. And what about our very own Queen who paid homage to Rhodes in what was described as a pilgrimage in 1947? Be the first to know about Mississippi news: U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, facing a November election challenge from Democrat Mike Espy, could find herself in the middle of a national debate over whether Congress should mandate the removal of Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. I am totally against the removal of statues of people like Gladstone and Cecil Rhodes, and the renaming of streets for the following reasons. An overwhelming 85 percent of Democrats back the move, and just 11 percent are against it. On July 22, 2020, in the midst of the George Floyd protests, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 305-113 to remove a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (as well as statues honoring figures who were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War) from the U.S. Capitol and replace it with a bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall. 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