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(TEXAS TRIBUNE) Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy, with dozens of monuments dedicated during or after the Civil Rights era. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center ...
Lawmakers in Texas have long debated the appropriateness of the confederate symbols, but the shooting at a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., prompted a push to remove them from the ...
On the eve of Texas Independence Day, it's a good time to look at our state's plethora of official symbols. They range from the beloved, such as the official state nickname, Lone Star State, to ...
A new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center says Texas has removed 31 Confederate symbols over the last three years — more than any other state in the nation.
Thirty-one Confederate symbols have been removed in Texas since 2015, more than twice as many as in any other state, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report. The state accounted for nearl… ...
Texas has the country's fourth most Confederate symbols, behind Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Texas, along with Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina, are the only states with at least 40 symbols. The bad news is that we rank second, behind Georgia.
The ‘buzz’ around the Texas Capitol this week was centered on adding honey bees and cowboy hats , as well as a few other things, as new Texas state symbols , which represent the cultural ...
On the eve of Texas Independence Day, it's a good time to look at our state's plethora of official symbols. They range from the beloved, such as the official state nickname, Lone Star State, to ...