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There is an extraordinary column in the Washington Post from Glenn Kessler on a key figures in past coverage on the removal of Confederate statues.  The Post ran a widely cited article on how Robert E. Lee’s own descendant wanted the general’s statues to be removed. The problem is that no one at the Post appears to have actually checked to see if Rev. Robert W. Lee was an actual descendant. It now appears that he is not, according to Kessler. While Kessler strangely does not believe this w...

Pastor’s claim to Gen. Robert E. Lee ancestry debunked by Washington Post Updated 12:07 PM; Today 11:19 AM Pastor Rob Lee, who spoke in Birmingham in 2018 denouncing the citys Confederate monument, has had his ancestry claim debunked by The Washington Post. He claimed he was a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees brother, including at this appearance at First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com) Facebook Share The Rev. Rob Lee, who spoke out against Bi...

Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV has claimed for at least five years that he is a descendent of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general. He has parlayed this claim

The Confederate Monument outside the historic Iredell County Courthouse. The Iredell County Commissioners voted to remove the monument in March, but then reconsidered, prompting the lawsuit. “A glorified symbol of White Supremacy stands guard over the Iredell County Government Center, a place where the government is supposed to serve all of Iredell County’s residents,” said Rev. Curtis Johnson, President of the South Iredell NAACP, in a statement on the suit Tuesday. “That is totally u...

Group files lawsuit to remove Confederate monument from Iredell County Government Center Lawsuit filed to remove Confederate monument By WBTV Web Staff | May 4, 2021 at 2:44 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 3:25 PM IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A coalition of people and groups in Iredell County have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument that stands in front of the county’s government center. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the County, the County Board of Commission...

By Ben Gibson | Statesville Record & Landmark The battle over the Iredell County Confederate Memorial is in a new phase after a group of plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding the county remove the statue. In the press release, the group said the Iredell County Commissioners vote to begin the removal process — before seemingly backtracking — was one of the reasons the lawsuit was filed. "In fact, on March 3 of this year, the Iredell County Board of Commissioners vote...

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have selected Barber, a fiery preacher and anti-poverty activist, as one of several Black clergy to bless their incoming administration.

North Carolinas Reverend Barber Picked to Deliver Homily for Biden Inauguration The Rev. William Barber: "Were going to make the legislators hear us at Moral Mondays, and then were going to follow them back home." North Carolinas thunderous Civil Rights titan Rev. William J. Barber II will deliver the homily at the inaugural prayer service for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris this week.  Barbers role in the ceremony was announced Tuesday by Bidens inaugu...

Robert E Lee Statue Vanishes Overnight from Capitol   They took down “Marse Robert” from the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Even though it’d been there for over 100 years, the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee came down overnight Sunday to no fanfare, no whoops from the woke crowd. The only people to observe its removal were Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), VA Rep. Jennifer Wexton, and a representative from VA Gov. Ralph Northam’s office. On the opposite side of the cou...