AISD to Consider Ridding School Names of Confederate Legacy

AISD Board in the process of crafting a mechanism that allows for renaming schools upon public request

"...good news for advocates who want to wipe the Confederate legacy from school signs. Now comes the complex part:..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tempers Flare as AISD Board Tackles Confederate Legacy

Name change issue punted to the board's policy committee

"...Austin ISD facing pressure to remove the names of Confederate officials from AISD campuses, a whole lot of headaches...."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Legacy Is History

"...reading your article “Tempers Flare as AISD Board Tackles Confederate Legacy” [News, Nov. 13]. Of course Austin has a..."

Nov. 23, 2015 Postmarks

Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...City Council this week took steps toward erasing the legacy of white supremacy that haunts every American city, Austin..."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

UT Takes on Confederate Statues

After public input, university plans to consider options, including removal

"...reignited the national debate over the Confederacy and its legacy. Shortly after that, a petition with over 3,000 signatures..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Loreta Velazquez: Secret Confederate Soldier, Union Spy, or Liar?

Friday night detective doc, 'Rebel,' premieres on PBS

"...she disguised herself as a man and joined the Confederate Army as Harry T. Buford … supposedly. She bound..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Point Austin: The Legacy of Solidarity

Film of the 'Austin Chicano Huelga' recounts a city's transformation

"...said Peck Young, Austin was essentially "just another Southern Confederate capital." Afterward, said Gon­zalo Barrientos, "This huelga was the..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Renaming for Lee Elementary Begins

Starting March 29, community members can submit nominations

"...Lee Elementary, which is currently named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee...."

March 28, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...Give Up. “Why does a Scottish band have a Confederate battle flag on its cover,” I wondered. Seemed as..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Going Somewhere?

Jeff Davis statue to stay put for now

"...Gregory Fenves in his Aug. 13 announcement regarding the Confederate monuments on UT's South Mall...."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

AISD: Back to Basics

A vision for the district, and renaming Confederate schools

"...for four of the five district facilities named after Confederate figures...."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lee Elementary Still Lee Elementary

Campus renaming debate still rumbles on the AISD board

"...of naming a campus after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia – or any Confederate soldier...."

May 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...maybe because of it), Bullock was obsessed with his legacy. Like all of us, Bullock wanted to ensure himself..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

More Community Feedback on Renaming Reagan High

Northeast Austin school will drop all connections to Confederate postmaster general

"...a new name would not "take away from any legacy or lessen what [alumni] have accomplished."..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fenves: Davis Statue to the Briscoe

UT Pres decides to move a Confederate statue, but allows others to stay

"...UT President Gregory Fenves announced his decision regarding UT's Confederate monuments today (Aug. 13) – while Confederate President Jefferson..."

Aug. 13, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

More Moral Imperatives

"...Editor, In addressing AISD trustees and the question of Confederate legacy, Elizabeth Branigan wrote "The last political moral imperative..."

Nov. 30, 2015 Postmarks

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...by advocating for the removal of the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, one of several Confederate monuments that..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...the Confederacy, and Comal Bluff was used as a Confederate recruiting station. (A 2013 Austin American-Statesman article says the..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Monuments and Race at UT

The stories behind the statues

"...The highest ranking member of either the Union or Confederate Army to be killed during the Civil War, Confederate..."

May 28, 2015 Photo Gallery

TV Eye

PBS isn't afraid to take chances with its programming.

"...In spite of this legacy, it's disheartening to contemplate the present moment in TV...."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

An unmissable lesson in this county's tortured history

"...effectively ignored the history of slavery and its ongoing legacy of white supremacy and institutionalized racism. Robinson, deputy legal..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Michael King

Painful Reminders

"...the University of Texas at Austin to remove all Confederate symbols and statues from the campus [“Written in Stone,”..."

June 19, 2015 Postmarks

Patterson Remark Draws Fire

Land commissioner opens mouth, inserts foot

"...blasted for comparing America's first African-American soldiers to the Confederate troops that wanted to continue slavery. In a gaffe..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...lieutenant governor has begun to consider his own political legacy. In a poignant and telling moment after the funeral..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...parents, students, and minority groups have attacked the school's Confederate-era regalia, asking the administration to change it. They said..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature

Civil War Landscapes and Legacies When Johnny Came Marching Home

"...Equally important to the Civil War's legacy, both aesthetically and historically, are the words of the..."

July 21, 1995 Arts Feature

Austin ISD Begins to Move Eastside High Schools

New Eastside Memorial campus breaks ground, and more school shuffling

"...before then, as it currently bears the name of Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston.) District leaders say that the..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Review: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Jeffery Robinson's captivating lecture on America's shared legacy

"...effectively ignored the history of slavery and its ongoing legacy of white supremacy and institutionalized racism. Robinson, deputy legal..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Michael King

Zoom Backgrounds From Austin's Most Haunted Locales

Make remote work meetings a bit spookier with these photos

"...George and Alice Littlefield left a legacy on the UT Austin campus, paying for the Main..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Theatre Synesthesia's The Brutes

Casey Wimpee’s original drama is about a Civil War-era family, but it’s deeply relevant to our own fractured time

"...in our nation's history. The story opens with four Confederate Brutes (played by Brittany Flurry, Daniel McGowan, Harrison Anderson,..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

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