Confederate monuments

"Symbols matter," Mayor Donna Deegan said. "By removing the Confederate monument from Springfield Park, we signal a belief in our shared humanity." But a Republican state lawmaker called the removal "tearing down history."

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan called the bill "another slap in the face to our Black community, which has already endured so much. It’s an overreach and unconstitutional.”

Under a controversial proposal continuing to move forward in the Florida Senate, the act of damaging or removing monuments or memorials would be open to civil lawsuits.

A bill designed to stem efforts that have increased during the past few years to remove monuments and markers has started to advance in the Florida Senate.

Mallory Square is Key West's famous tourist spot for watching the sunset. The lead Florida Keys historian for the Monroe County Public Library system said it's not named for Stephen Mallory who was secretary of the Confederate Navy.

Dueling legislation being considered by the Jacksonville City Council may determine the future of Confederate symbols on public lands.

The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — was unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.

Former Jacksonville attorney Earl Johnson Jr. is arguing in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Confederate monuments on public land, and maintained by public...

The legislation also calls for the removal of a bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the infamous Dred Scott decision that declared Black Americans weren't U.S. citizens.

The Duval County Board voted to keep the names of Jean Ribault Middle and High Schools and Andrew Jackson Middle School, which were also up for debate.

An annual survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 168 Confederate symbols, 94 of them monuments, came down across the country, virtually all in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.

A Key West city park pavilion originally dedicated to Confederate soldiers has been renamed and rededicated — this time to 'One Human Family,' the Southernmost City's official motto.