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In the US South, anti-Confederate protesters face harassment
At least 1,728 Confederate memorials - among them 772 monuments - remained intact as of June 2018, says SPLC watchdog.

Strickland, Patrick
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/south-anti-confederate-protesters-face-harassment-190109155454602.html

Publisher:  Al Jazeera
Date Written:  14/01/2019
Year Published:  2019  
Resource Type:  Article

In recent years Confederate monuments have become increasingly high-profile as symbols of racism with links to extremist violence. Protests against these monuments are highly tense even when violence does not break out.

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In recent years, harassment has become commonplace during protests against Confederate monuments, with threats levied and brawls breaking out at rallies in Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia and elsewhere....

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based watchdog, has documented the removal of at least 110 Confederate memorials in 22 states since Roof's deadly rampage.
But at least 1,728 Confederate memorials - among them 772 monuments - remained intact as of June 2018, the SPLC found. As the monuments grew into flashpoints for violence and protest across the South, research suggested that one's view of Confederate iconography largely depends on race.

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