This timeline shows confederate monuments are about racial conflict

A history of confederate monuments, in one timeline. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Following clashes of violence surrounding protest against the removal of Robert E. Lee s statue in Charlottesville Virginia, America s debate over the legacy of confederate symbolism has reopened. The central questions: Are these monuments meant to commemorate the racial tension underlying the confederacy s secession? Or are they meant to serve as a simple marker of American history? The Southern Poverty Law Center created this timeline to document the upwards of 1500 monuments constructed between the civil war and today. For a deeper look at the data, you can check out their comprehensive report, "Who s Heritage? Public symbols of the confederacy," available here: https://www.splcenter.org/20160421/whose-heritage-public-symbols-confederacy Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o