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More than 2,000 Confederate monuments in southern states remain

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 ....

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More than 160 Confederate symbols and statues were taken down in 2020

More than 160 Confederate symbols and statues were taken down across the US in 2020 - including many that were vandalized and toppled by BLM protesters
A total of 168 Confederate symbols were changed or removed from public spaces in 2020, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center
The symbols included statues, placards and names on buildings, public parks and schools
All but one was taken down after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis in May, sparking nationwide protests
At least one was stolen and several were vandalized by protesters before being removed
These racist symbols only serve to uphold revisionist history and the belief that white supremacy remains morally acceptable, SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks said ....

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