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The Charlottesville violence all began as a protest against plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a public park. There are hundreds of similar confederate monuments in more than half the states. Michelle Miller reports.
Congress set to vote on stimulus relief bill; Statue of Robert E. Lee removed from Capitol
For 100 years, Lee-Jackson Day commemorated Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson for being "defenders of causes."
When violent rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, many could be seen carrying the Confederate flag. Reverend Robert W. Lee IV, the great-great-great-nephew of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, joins CBSN to discuss the flag's legacy, and condemned those who carried it during the deadly Capitol assault.
The state plans to replace it with a statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Johns, who helped lead the fight against segregated schools.
"If he could see this in the physical form with us, I promise he would give all of y'all hugs," Floyd's brother told a crowd.
"The name Robert E. Lee is forever connected to the Confederacy, and Confederate values are ones that do not align with our community," one school board member said.
The former mayor of New Orleans took down a monument to the Confederate general. Who asked him to do it? One of the city's most famous musicians: Wynton Marsalis
The SPLC's Lecia Brooks argues that the removal of these symbols is a powerful message to a country struggling to deal with its "tortured racial history."
The statue of the Confederacy's president was on the Virginia capital's famed Monument Avenue.
Issues injunction in response to lawsuit against governor's plan as controversies over removals of statues honoring Confederacy continue in many cities.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announces plans to take down the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The city's mayor, Levar Stoney, will move to take down other Confederate monuments this summer. Anthony Mason visited Richmond in December when artist Kehinde Wiley put up his own response to those monuments, the "Rumors of War" statue.
The statue, which sits on state property, will move to storage while Governor Ralph Northam's administration works "with the community to determine its future."
City Council voted in 2017 to remove it from a park; highest bidder went by the name "LawDude"
Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that jointly honor Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day. Alabama state Rep. John Rogers, a Democrat, joined CBSN to discuss a bill he is introducing to change that.
The request outraged the victim's family, who accused lawyers of "playing the race card"
A rally last year in Charlottesville was held to protest a plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. While that statue still stands, other cities have removed Confederate statues, and they're finding the controversy doesn't end there. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann reports.
Since unrest last year in Charlottesville, at least 27 cities have removed Confederate monuments, but more than 700 still stand nationwide
The former mayor of New Orleans took down a monument to the Confederate general. Who asked him to do it? One of the city's most famous musicians: Wynton Marsalis
The Hollywood city commission voted to remove the names of Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood
Mitch Landrieu chronicles the path toward removing the monuments in his new book, "In the Shadow of Statues"
The mayor of New Orleans took down a monument to the Confederate general. Who asked him to do it? One of the city's most famous musicians: Wynton Marsalis
White House chief of staff John Kelly, in an interview Monday, called Lee an "honorable man" and said the Civil War was the result of a failure to compromise
City officials voted to file lawsuit alleging white supremacists who descended on Charlottesville in August were acting as an illegal militia
Blaze in Tampa not considered suspicious but cause unknown; school’s name has been topic of controversy in recent months
U.S. ally Qatar condemns Israel for strikes targeting Hamas leaders in its capital city Doha, calling them "a blatant violation of all international laws and norms."
President Trump ordered the FDA to enforce rules on direct-to-consumer drug ads, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report on the administration's approach to healthy outcomes for children and families.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether President Trump can impose his most sweeping tariffs.
Democrat James Walkinshaw and Republican Stewart Whitson are facing off Tuesday in a Northern Virginia special House election to pick Rep. Gerry Connolly's successor.
President Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid funding.
The Justice Department charged the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
In August, the Pentagon offered full military funeral honors to Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, after denying her family's request for the honor in 2021.
Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said its efforts resulted in more than 600 arrests in operations targeting the Sinaloa drug cartel, which has been labeled a terrorist group.