SPLC WHOSE HERITAGE? DATASET UPDATES AS OF AUGUST 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States:

Total number of Confederate symbols removed/relocated from public spaces or renamed since George Floyd’s death (May 25, 2020): 59
Removed: 40
-38 monuments
-1 state flag (MS)
-1 Confederate flag emblem on police uniform (SD)
Relocated: 5
-5 Confederate monuments
Renamed: 14
-8 schools
-1 college
-2 park/trail (CA and VA)
-2 road (LA and TX)
-1 body of water (VA)