Confederate monuments

LSU’s Kirby Smith Hall — named after Edmund Kirby Smith, a general of the Confederate States Army — will be imploded in early June, according to university officials.

There are a handful of street and neighborhood names in New Orleans and Baton Rouge that memorialize historic figures from the Confederacy. Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the two cities are addressing this issue and beginning the renaming process.

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council will hear the case for renaming Baton Rouge streets that are currently named after individuals associated with the Confederacy in a Wednesday afternoon meeting. An advisory panel has identified and studied the street names in question since May.

For the first time in more than a century, the contents of a time capsule revealed Confederate secrets. The copper box was unearthed from the pedestal...

Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on the state of the Democratic Party in the South and his appearance at the True Blue Gala for Louisiana…

Journalist Jason Berry talks with us about the future political prospects of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu in the aftermath of his decision to remove…

David Madden addresses the removal of New Orleans monuments as state lawmakers take action to prevent future removals of statues of military icons. Madden…

New Orleans writer Michael Tisserand talks on issues of race in New Orleans that go beyond today's tension over the removal of monument of Confederate era…

A full day of action at the Capitol Wednesday often took on the qualities of the Twilight Zone.In the House Municipal Affairs Committee, there was…

Richard Marksbury talks in response to the decision by the city of New Orleans to perform an unannounced removal of the controversial Battle of Liberty…