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At least 160 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, SPLC says The Associated Press © Steve Helber Image: J.E.B. Stuart statue (Steve Helber / AP file) When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn't encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E. Lee. The Lee statue, which represented the state of Virginia as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol for 111 years, had been removed just weeks before — one of at least 160 public Confederate symbols taken down or moved from ...

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 ...

160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020

At least 160 Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020.

NEW YORK (AP) — When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them...