Confederate monuments
‘No right way to tear down oppressive systems’: The risks of toppling Confederate monuments
April 19. [Analysis] By Kelan Lyons/NC Newsline. Jeremy Collins didn’t know where he was going to get one, but he needed a crane. It was June 2020, a month after […]
The harm inflicted by Confederate monuments
April 14. [Analysis] By Kelan Lyons/NC Newsline. Every October, Ronda Taylor-Bullock’s hometown would come alive on Goldston’s Old Fashion Day. Vendors would line the streets of the small rural community, […]
Peaceful rally-goers, mayor call for removal of Confederate Monument
Aug. 5. By Dave Yochum. About 100 peaceful demonstrators rallied behind Cornelius Town Hall yesterday evening and then marched with a police escort to the site of the Confederate Monument […]
Rally at Town Hall, march to Confederate monument begins at 7 pm
July 29. By Dave Yochum. A community organization with roots in the local faith community will hold a rally in front of Cornelius Town Hall followed by a march to […]
Will he budge? Community leaders sign open letter calling for removal of monument
Aug. 28. By Dave Yochum. A wide variety of elected officials, church leaders and community leaders have signed an open letter to the Mt. Zion Monumental Association that maintains the […]
150 rally at Confederate Monument
July 15. By Dave Yochum. More than 150 people stood in the early evening heat yesterday on Zion Avenue to call for the removal of the Confederate Monument in front […]
Unity in Community asks for removal of Confederate monument
June 15. Unity in Community, a local group seeking to achieve racial equity in North Mecklenburg, is asking the Mt. Zion Monument Association to take down the Confederate Monument in […]
Monument Association ‘exploring all options to protect and save’ Confederate statue
June 12. By Dave Yochum. The Mt. Zion Monument Association has responded to the request to move the Confederate Monument from the front lawn of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, […]
Community prayer vigil in Davidson Wednesday
Aug. 17. UPDATE/1:00 PM. By Dave Yochum. In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and vandalism at the Confederate soldiers’ monument in Cornelius, clergy in Davidson and […]
