IHL approves relocation of Confederate monument on Ole Miss campus
JACKSON - The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees voted on Thursday morning to approve the University of Mississippi's request to relocate the Confederate monument from its prominent location in the Circle on University Avenue to the campus cemetery.
Commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the 29-foot monument has stood at the center of the Ole Miss campus since 1906, but the university will now move it to the University Cemetery near the Tad Smith Coliseum.
“The Board of Trustees approved the request from the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi,” Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr. said. “He and his team devoted considerable time and attention to developing a thoughtful plan to relocate its Confederate Monument to the University Cemetery.”
The item was tabled at IHL's January board meeting, pending review of a progress report from the university regarding the recommendations from the 2017 Chancellor's Advisory Committee on History and Context's report. UM provided the requested information, including the status of proposed improvements to the cemetery on the UM campus.
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(Tupelo Daily Journal)
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