Savannah’s city council has decided to remove the name of slavery advocate and former Vice President John C. Calhoun from the city’s historic square. The name of the city square will be replaced by ...

Mayor de Blasio is siding with his son, who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall. The Democratic mayor told reporters on Monday ...

Calhoun, a member of the Yale class of 1804, was a senator from South Carolina and a leading voice for those opposed to abolishing slavery. He served as vice president from 1825 to 1832. "John C.

As is the case with many institutions of higher learning confronting their slave-tinged pasts and renaming their buildings, Yale University announced Saturday that it would change the name of the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston City Council voted to approve a settlement that turns over the John C. Calhoun statue that once stood high in Marion Square to an organization led by his ...

The bill would direct congressional officials to remove statues of Confederate leaders from public view in the Capitol, the latest bid to do away with prominent symbols of racism. By Nicholas Fandos ...

The fate of the larger-than-life statue of former vice president and slavery supporter John C. Calhoun remains in legal limbo more than three years after it was removed from its 125-foot perch ...