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The Texas State Capitol Confederate Monument stands on the south lawn in Austin. As a racial justice reckoning continues to inform conversations across the country, lawmakers nationwide are struggling to find solutions to thousands of icons saluting controversial historical figures.
Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the soldiers of the Confederacy looms, with towering statues and an inscription that reads, “Died for state rights guaranteed under the Constitution.”
It is one of seven Confederate memorials on the Texas Capitol grounds alone. There are over 2,000 Confederate symbols from monuments to building names in public spaces nationwide, more than a century and a half after the Civil War ended slavery, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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More than 2,000 Confederate monuments in southern states remain standing due to legal protections after more than 160 were taken down nationwide in 2020
More than 2,000 Confederate monuments and symbols remain standing across the country largely due to legal protections in southern states
The symbols - from monuments to building names - appear in public spaces nationwide, more than a century and a half after the Civil War ended slavery
Many monuments, a majority of which went up in the early Jim Crow era, have been removed or torn down by protesters
At least six Southern states have policies protecting monuments, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center