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Monday, March 31, 2025

People in the News

Monday, March 31, 2025

UT removes Jefferson Davis statue

image: npr.org
image: npr.org

AUSTIN – The University of Texas at Austin on Sunday morning removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from its main mall, over the objections and amid ongoing legal action by Confederate groups.

Students and others cheered as the larger-than-life sized bronze statue came down, just as the campus’ historic clock tower stuck 10:15 a.m. Some even sang a few bars from fictitious band Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.”

The move was made just days after state District Judge Sarah Crump shot down an attempt by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to block the statues’ removal. The removal took about an hour and a half; the statue will be refurbished and relocated to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, also on UT’s campus.

Click here to read more about the Jefferson Davis statue being removed from the UT-Austin campus main mall.