Slavery Abolition

A student group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is calling for the school to remove its popular Abraham Lincoln statue, saying the president who is known as the "Great Emancipator" is a symbol of racism.The statue has sat atop the university's Bascom Hill for more than a century and is…

Protestors in Washington want a statue of Abraham Lincoln removed - not the famous one on the National Mall but a bronze memorial statue in nearby Lincoln Park called the Emancipation Memorial.It depicts the former president standing over a kneeling African American man who is newly freed from slavery.Hundreds of…

A black man carrying a sign for a black history tour sharply criticized protesters who had threatened to tear down a statue of Abraham Lincoln freeing a slave in Washington, D.C. Friday night. The Emancipation Memorial has been the subject of the ire of protesters – who argue the statue…

In Charleston, S.C., crews removed a statue of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun. Charleston Mayor Tecklenburg said, Calhoun was one of the state’s most consequential defenders of white supremacy and slavery. The removal comes after rewind calls to remove symbols of the Confederacy.June 25, 2020 Read More

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter Guide The city of Charleston removed the statue of John C. Calhoun, an early U.S. vice president whose zealous defense of slavery led the nation toward civil war. (June 24) AP Read More

Gone With The Wind has returned to the HBO Max streaming service accompanied by a disclaimer saying the classic film “denies the horrors of slavery”. The 1939 Civil War epic was removed earlier this month following criticism of its “racist depictions”. John Ridley, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A…

John Avlon is a senior political analyst at CNN. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN)More than 155 years after the end of the Civil War, America is finally having a more complete moral reckoning with the Confederacy. The issue is the…

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Jamelle’s column today is absolutely right on. Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves. They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment, but they were not themselves responsible for the end of slavery. They were not the ones who…

President Donald Trump’s plan to hold a campaign rally today in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was roundly condemned earlier this week. Not only would it be held at the site of a racist massacre of Black people, but it was also being held on Juneteenth. Trump backed off of the plan after…