University of Texas at Austin Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2vhx4ao
via IFTTTThe university’s president said that violent protests over a statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., had opened his eyes to what the monuments represented. August 21, 2017 at 01:00AM