Fenves: Davis Statue to the Briscoe

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

"...Confederate monuments today (Aug. 13) – while Confederate President Jefferson Davis will be moved to the Briscoe Center for..."

Aug. 13, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

The End of the Confederacy at UT?

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

"...petition to UT President Greg Fenves to remove the Jefferson Davis statue has over 2,400 signatures, following up on..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Going Somewhere?

Jeff Davis statue to stay put for now

"...I have decided that the best location for the Jefferson Davis statue is UT's Briscoe Center for American History,"..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

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

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

The End of the Confederacy at UT?

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

"...petition to UT President Greg Fenves to remove the Jefferson Davis statue has been signed by over 2,400 people..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

A Guide to Confederate Monuments in Austin

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

"...Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederacy. Jeff Davis Avenue runs..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature

UT Takes on Confederate Statues

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

"...President Gregory Fenves to remove the campus' statue honoring Jefferson Davis...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Confederate Statue Report Released

UT task force recommends taking action

"...2) Relocate the statue of Jefferson Davis, and the inscription to the west of the..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Adios, Jeff!

Davis statue graces South Mall no more

"...The statue of Jefferson Davis no longer stands over the University of Texas..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

News Roundup: Smoke and Fire

Arsonists, burn bans, and heated arguments

"...• Schools Renamed?: First UT debated hard on whether..."

Aug. 17, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...capital of the Confederacy, has maintained Confederate President Jeffer­son Davis' house, and erected a museum to the Confederacy, both..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

News Roundup: Confederates, Cookies, and Cream

Statues taken down, Blue Bell returns, all is well

"...the UT-Austin administration removed the statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (who was also..."

Aug. 31, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...tagger. That's all to the chagrin of Miles' father Jefferson Davis (Henry), a cop who just wants his son..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

UT's Student Government Winners Mix Substance With Satire

UT elects satirical candidates for student government

"...government resolution that would support the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue from campus, which was one of their..."

March 27, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Sisters of the Skin

A heartfelt community theatre production that aims to rescue a lost tale of Civil War courage

"...their secrets to the Union generals. So when Mrs. Jefferson Davis needs a new household servant, Crazy Bette jumps..."

May 18, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Letters at 3AM

It's time for the American South to reject its "rebel" hypocrisy of states rights and atone for the sins of the slave economy of the Confederacy.

"...this was admitted by no less a Confederate than Jefferson Davis' vice president, Alexander Stevens, who said: "Our new..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Rename Austin? Not Likely.

City name not going anywhere anytime soon

"...Morton, the first African-American U.S. treasurer, and scrap Jeff Davis Avenue for Will Holland, a former Travis County commissioner..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

UT Took Down Some Confederate Statues On Sunday Night

Lee, Johnston, Reagan out; Gov. Hogg getting moved

"...in Charleston, which spurred the removal of statues depicting Jefferson Davis and Woodrow Wilson...."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...Davis Down: Despite a last-ditch legal intervention, the UT-Austin statues..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature

Context Is Key

"...the statues of two [again quoting Coppini] 'war presidents': Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy at a time when..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Postmarks

Monuments and Race at UT

The stories behind the statues

"...The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis has garnered the most ire of any of..."

May 28, 2015 Photo Gallery

The South Will Be Celebrated Again!

Historical revisionists urge Lege to protect the Confederacy

"...law states that it is specifically in honor of "Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate heroes." First..."

April 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Live Shot: Jorma Kaukonen

Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist still has fiery hands

"...Rev. Gary Davis’ “I Am the Light of This World” contains the..."

March 18, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Review: Nightbird

Austin Playhouse's timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future

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

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...landscape between San Antonio and El Paso. In 1854, Jefferson Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and later president of..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...U.S. Capitol's Statue of Freedom was commissioned in 1855, Jefferson Davis, then secretary of war, complained about the figure's..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Headlines

"...A Confederate statue at the Capitol featuring Confederate President Jefferson Davis was vandalized Sunday with the spray-painted word "racists"..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature

Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema

Not just the border

"...workers' strike in Nacogdoches, and the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue from the UT campus in 2015...."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Making College a Lesson in Diversity

Blending race at Boston University and beyond

"...changed a college name, and UT-Austin removed statues of Jefferson Davis and others because of their links to the..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

John Anderson's Top 10 Photos of 2015

"...Jefferson Davis statue being removed from the University of Texas..."

Dec. 31, 2015 Photo Gallery

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