The interim chancellor of the University of Mississippi told the campus that the administration agrees the statue should be moved to a Confederate cemetery and that it has begun the process of getting approval to do that.
The Confederate soldier monument at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. On Thursday, the interim chancellor said the university had asked to move it to another site.
Some see the statue of a soldier as an integral part of the university’s rich history and Southern culture. Others contend it is nothing more than a racist symbol that has no place at the state flagship school. Students described shaking, cheering and crying after the undergraduate resolution passed, unanimously, after months of secretive efforts.
“It has been almost surreal,” he said. “It sends a message to the rest of the country that our campus is for all students.” Over the years, Ole Miss has moved to distance itself from some of its Confederate symbolism, adding a statue of Meredith prominently on campus and removing the state flags that include the Confederate emblem.
When Benson, a senior from Mississippi, decided to enroll at the school, his family and friends questioned why he would want to go to a university that wasn’t built for people like him. It was hard to contest those statements, he said, when the first thing you see on campus is a statue commemorating the Confederacy.
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