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University of Texas to remove statues of Robert E Lee, other Confederate figures

University of Texas president Greg Fenves has ordered the removal of statues of Robert E Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus

|Aug 21, 2017, 10:40:27 IST

Austin: University of Texas president Greg Fenves has ordered the removal of statues of Robert E Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism".[caption id="attachment_3955143" align="alignleft" width="512"]

File image of a statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee in Charlottesville. AP[/caption]Fenves announced the move late on Sunday night.The university moved a statue of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis from its perch near the campus clock tower to a history museum in 2015.Fenves now says statues of Lee, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston and Confederate Postmaster General John H Reagan also must be moved.The debate over public memorials for Confederate figures roared into national conversation last week after one person was killed in a clash between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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