Robert E. Lee

The Charlottesville City Council has decided on the fate of a recently demounted statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, choosing to melt it down and have a local African-American history museum create something more reflective of the city's diversity with its remains.

Residents of a Florida county started a Change.org petition last month seeking to rename their county to honor Bruce Lee. Currently, the county honors racist Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as workers hoisted one of the nation’s largest Confederate monuments off a pedestal where the figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century.

Statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson have officially been taken down in Charlottesville today (July 10) following an attempt four years that was thwarted by white supremacists and Neo-Nazis leading the 'Unite the Right' rally.

A Virginia judge blocked the efforts to remove a statue of confederate general Robert E. Lee. The statue is the center of where the deadly Charlottesville attack took place. But the judge says that removing the statue would violate the state historic preservation law. In response residents filed a lawsuit saying the council vote violated […]

Many are offended and angered by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s statement on Robert E. Lee being an “honorable man”. “If he thinks that Robert E. Lee the Confederate treasonous general was an honorable man and Rep.Federica Wilson was not an honorable woman” then we have something coming explained Rev. Al Sharpton.   Like BlackAmericaWeb.com […]

John Kelly recently made a statement about the Civil War concerning slavery and the Confederate General Robert E.Lee. DL breaks it down as to why John Kelly is wrong. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley Show on Twitter and Instagram & Keep Up On Facebook Too!

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff John Kelly says Confederate General Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man” and applying current thinking on social issues to figures in history is “very, very dangerous.” Kelly also said in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that aired Monday night that the removal of […]