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August 31st, 2015 
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Announcing the plan earlier this month, University President Greg Fenves stated that the statue of Davis, a leader in the Confederacy, would be removed from UT’s Main Mall because “it was no longer in the university’s best interest to continue commemorating” him, reports the Statesman.
Wilson, a Democrat president known for praising the KKK, was moved as well merely to “maintain symmetry on the mall.”
Following the tragic shooting at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina last June, a nationwide campaign has begun to remove statues and other historical items deemed “racist.”
Just last month, a resolution to dig up Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s remains from a public park was passed by the Memphis, Tenn., City Council.
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