Washington’s National Cathedral replaces windows honouring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
Washington DC, USAP The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows on Saturday with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honouring Confederate Generals Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The new windows depict a march for justice by African Americans, descendants of the very people who would have remained in slavery after the […]
In the US, Idaho church window once depicting Robert E Lee now honours Black female bishop
RNS An Idaho church has replaced a stained-glass window honouring Confederate General Robert E Lee with an image of the first African American woman bishop elected in the United Methodist Church. The new window, prominently featuring Bishop Leontine TC Kelly, was installed in the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise on 7th December. Kelly, who died […]
US cathedral to replace Confederate windows with stained glass reflecting Black life
Washington DC, USRNS Four years after the Washington National Cathedral removed stained-glass windows depicting Confederate generals Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson, the cathedral announced Thursday that the windows will be filled with work by multimedia artist Kerry James Marshall related to racial justice. The windows, which are expected to be installed in 2023, will […]
At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in US in 2020 – SPLC
New York City, USAP When rioters tore through the US Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E Lee. The Lee statue, which represented the state of Virginia as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol for […]
In the US, Virginians about evenly divided on Confederate statues – poll
Falls Church, VirginiaAP In a state where Confederate monuments have stood for more than a century and have recently become a flashpoint in the national debate over racial injustice, Virginians remain about evenly divided on whether the statues should stay or go, according to a new poll. The poll conducted this month by Hampton University […]