A Guide to Confederate Monuments in Austin

Where to find them, for as long as they're still standing

"...celebrating the Confederacy in this week’s Point Austin column. Confederate Plaques & Monuments..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature

Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument

Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals

"...Square, is a 60-foot monolith and statue dedicated to “Confederate Soldiers and Sailors.”..."

May 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

UT Takes on Confederate Statues

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

"...for [Fenves] to review" regarding the future of the Confederate statues on campus. (On that same day, some of..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

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

False Confederate Capitol Plaque Removed – And It Only Took Six Decades!

Efforts by Democrat Rep. Johnson led the way

"...plaque is just one of nearly two dozen other Confederate memorials in and around the Capitol, none of which..."

Jan. 14, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

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

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

The End of the Confederacy at UT?

Will UT's Jefferson Davis statue finally be taken down?

"...As the national outcry over South Carolina's Confederate flag has grown since last week's horrific massacre of..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Lanier High School Staff, Students Skeptical About Renaming

Campus last of six Confederate-name schools to be changed in AISD plan

"...she and the school community have shared since the Confederate names controversy hit the district in 2015...."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

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

Rename Austin? Not Likely.

City name not going anywhere anytime soon

"...Newsweek wrote "Austin Considering Renaming City to Depart from Confederate History," and the UK's Daily Mail went with "Austin..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: What History Teaches

Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere

"...Klux Klan (e.g., blowhard Trumpist David Duke), explicit neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, various heavily armed right-wing militias, and a host of..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Odds and Ends from the 86th Lege Session

Progress made for rape survivors, Beer-to-Go passes, and more

"...the state and its cities to do away with Confederate monuments didn't succeed this session. After some tense moments..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Lege Lines: Sine Done

The dregs from last month's special session

"...Amid the renewed debate over scrubbing our nation of Confederate monuments, Dal­las Rep. Eric Johnson is asking the Texas..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Confederates, Cookies, and Cream

Statues taken down, Blue Bell returns, all is well

"...week's news roundup: A state judge declares that the Confederate statues in the UT campus will not rise again;..."

Aug. 31, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird

Timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future

"...soldiers of the Confederacy, with a bronze statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis at the top. That's just..."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Ways of Remembering: A Racial Geography Tour of UT-Austin’s Campus

Dr. Edmund T. Gordon's virtual tour illuminates the university's complicated history

"...of people. During the war, he served as a Confederate officer. Following Emancipation and the South's defeat, Littlefield gave..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Rep. Rafael Anchía, D-Dallas, which would remove or rename Confederate monuments in or around the Texas Capitol. The bill..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature

Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women

A list of Texas women who stand tall

"...recorded public memorials are of women. Texas has 178 Confederate monuments; only Virginia has more with 223, according to..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Quote of the Week

"...D-Houston, pushing back very hard on attempts to protect Confederate monuments from the verdict of history. See "Lege Lines,"..."

April 19, 2019 News Column

JuiceLand Employee Harassed by Right-Wing Comedian

Social media post sets off in-store confrontation

"...In another post, the account allegedly tied to the..."

July 13, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Goodbye, Columbus

City Council declares “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”

"...Austin Energy’s solar energy programs, condemned further display of Confederate memorials, and declared the second Monday of October “Indigenous..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Headlines

"...during which they'll consider rewriting campaign finance regs, removing Confederate monuments, and declaring "Indigenous Peoples' Day." See "Council: Done..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature

Page Three: Trump and the Co-opting of “Alt”

If "alt-left" means "anti-Nazi," count us in

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...to historian Thomas Clark, the state now has 72 Confederate monuments and only two Union ones...."

July 31, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Down With Whitey

The old white dudes at the Lege sure get testy about their statues of Confederate dead.

"...say any more?). According to the bill analysis, "Currently, monuments or memorials located on state property may be removed,..."

March 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...they were hoping that was going to happen." The Confederate Monument..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines

"..."identify and evaluate" options for dealing with the campus' monuments honoring Confederate bigwigs released its report on Monday, Aug...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature

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