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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Monument Standing in Picacho Peak National Park to commemorate the lives of Confederate Soldiers who fought there.

Fight to remove Arizona’s Confederate monuments fizzle

Brit Reid March 21, 2018

For years, the East Valley branch of the NAACP fought to remove  Confederate monuments throughout the state. Nothing happened. Fueled by momentum after the August 2017 Charlottesville riots...

Sons of Confederate Veterans line up in an armed salute to the Confederate Flag on March 10, in City Park.

Town leaders honor Confederate flag

Elise McClain March 21, 2018

Tombstone, formed 13 years after the Civil War ended, opened its city streets to a parade of Confederate flags in the first week of March, bringing criticism that racism is alive and well in town. Much...

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