Confederate monument removals in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Confederate_monument_removals_in_the_United_States

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:cause	public controversy racial justice activism
gptkbp:controversy	heritage vs hate debate
gptkbp:effect	gptkb:military removal of statues renaming of public spaces
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Confederate monument removals in the United States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:CNN gptkb:NPR gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Charlottesville_Unite_the_Right_rally gptkb:George_Floyd_protests gptkb:Charleston_church_shooting
gptkbp:notableFor	2017 2020
gptkbp:notableMonumentRemoved	gptkb:Jefferson_Davis_Monument_(New_Orleans) gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_Monument_(Richmond) gptkb:Silent_Sam_(Chapel_Hill) gptkb:Confederate_Memorial_(Arlington_National_Cemetery) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Indianapolis) Confederate Memorial Fountain (Helena, Montana) Confederate War Memorial (Dallas, Texas) Stonewall Jackson Monument (Baltimore) Confederate Soldiers Monument (Durham, North Carolina)
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia gptkb:Dallas,_Texas gptkb:Durham,_North_Carolina gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy gptkb:Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	local ordinances Monument Protection Laws
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws gptkb:Reconstruction_era gptkb:Black_Lives_Matter_movement gptkb:Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy gptkb:United_States_Civil_War systemic racism public memory historical revisionism Confederate monuments
gptkbp:startDate	2015
gptkbp:supportedBy	local governments civil rights organizations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:2020_Black_Lives_Matter_protests
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6