+4 Education Gary Chambers expands fight to other Confederate symbols in h, including Nicholls State BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 22, 2020 With Lee High School poised to get a new name, Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers is focusing on removing other symbols of the Confederacy in …
James Gill James Gill: Robert E. Lee isn't welcome in New Orleans, but what about Ascension Parish? By James Gill Mar 30, 2019 It is high time we decided what to do with those confounded Confederate statues.
James Gill James Gill: Finding a home for Robert E. Lee that everyone will agree on By James Gill Mar 21, 2019 If politics is the art of compromise, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser could hardly wish for a sterner test of his talents.
James Gill James Gill: How 'Victory Circle' may smuggle Robert E. Lee back into a place of honor By James Gill Oct 18, 2018 Had Donald Trump been mayor of New Orleans, they would probably still be standing, but all he could do was issue tweets from the White House b…
James Gill James Gill: Monuments, Mitch Landrieu, and who deserves credit; what's next up to fall? By James Gill Aug 30, 2018 Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson didn't like each other, and Take 'Em Down Nola, which held its latest protest march last week, thinks they were …
James Gill James Gill: Robert E. Lee and Harry Lee, together in Metairie? Imagine the confusion By James Gill May 16, 2018 New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's Confederate monuments relocation committee had an idea to “renew Family Gras,” as suburbia nonsensically c…
Opinion Dan Fagan: 'Race-baiting' Mitch Landrieu needs to rethink title of his 'pretentious' book Dan Fagan Feb 10, 2018 If you were wondering what drove New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to deeply divide New Orleans by tearing down Confederate monuments, the titl…
James Gill James Gill: Have Mitch Landrieu ideals reached streets of London? Start with Winston Churchill By James Gill Feb 1, 2018 Who's next? Andrew Jackson?
Opinion James Gill: Would the removal of Confederate monuments still happen without Mitch Landrieu? Probably By James Gill Aug 19, 2017 As the fight over Confederate monuments escalates and claims its first lives, you have to wonder whether it would have happened if New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu hadn't taken the lead.
James Gill James Gill: Would the removal of Confederate monuments still happen without Mitch Landrieu? Probably By James Gill Aug 19, 2017 As the fight over Confederate monuments escalates and claims its first lives, you have to wonder whether it would have happened if New Orleans…