Replacing Confederate Icons: The U.S. Capitol’s Controversial Swap of Robert E. Lee for Barbara Rose Johns

On Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will unveil a statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a teenage civil rights activist who led a pivotal protest against segregated schooling in Virginia—a symbolic replacement for the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that stood for over a century. Who Decides Which Histories We Honor? This swap is more than mere statue replacement; it reflects a broader agenda to reshape America’s historical narrative inside its most sacred institutions. While Barbara Rose Johns’ fight for equality is undeniably courageous, one must ask: what does erasing a figure like Robert E. Lee from the Capitol signify...