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A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

South Carolina Senate protects nearly all monuments and bans adding QR codes to statues

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Legal change could be slow for controversial SC memorials

By FLEMING SMITH and The Post and Courier - Associated Press

A 100-foot monument to former U.S. vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun towers over a downtown square Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. Officials in Charleston voted unanimously Tuesday to remove the statue from a downtown square, the latest in a wave of actions arising from protests against racism and police brutality against African Americans. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Slavery advocate’s statue removed in South Carolina

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

CORRECTS PUBLICATION TO THE GREENVILLE NEWS In this Wednesday, June 17, 2020, photo protesters gather around the statue of John C. Calhoun at Marion Square in Charleston during a demonstration in Charleston, S.C. Mayor John Tecklenburg called for the relocation of the monument honoring Calhoun, a slavery advocate. He said he introduced a resolution to move it to a museum or other academic institution. (Josh Morgan/The Greenville News via AP)

Charleston votes to remove statue of slavery advocate

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - In this Wednesday, June 17, 2020, photo, protesters write messages on the statue of John C. Calhoun at Marion Square in Charleston, S.C. Protesters were unhappy with the city's decision to move the statue to a museum at a later date, instead asking for it to be taken down and thrown away immediately. (Josh Morgan/The Greenville News via AP)

Tragedy remembered, justice demanded in Charleston

By CAROL MOTSINGER and The Greenville News - Associated Press

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) celebrates after throwing a pass to setup the game-winning field goal during overtime of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Buffalo Bills Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Houston. The Texans won 22-19 in overtime. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith) ** FILE **

Deshaun Watson calls for Clemson to remove John C. Calhoun’s name from honors college

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 14, 1986, file photo, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper is saluted by crew members aboard the USS Constitution, as she arrives for her retirement ceremony, in Boston, Mass. On Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, Yale University said it is renaming Calhoun College after Hooper, a trailblazing computer scientist, a mathematician who earned Yale degrees in the 1930s, invented a pioneering computer programming language and became a Navy rear admiral. (AP Photo/Peter Southwick)

Dedication set for renamed Yale residential college

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John Lugo, center, of Unidad Latina en Accion of New Haven, is arrested during a demonstration after some protesters blocked the intersection of Elm and College Streets in New Haven, Conn., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, and refused to move. The protesters are in favor of changing the name of Yale University's Calhoun College. The peaceful arrests were pre-planned and coordinated between the demonstrators and New Haven Police. (Peter Hvizdak/New Haven Register via AP)

Yale drops slavery proponent Calhoun from college name

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TYRRELL: A misapplied conservative label

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times