The University of Texas at Austin is removing the statues of four figures tied to the Confederacy, the school's president said in a statement late on Sunday. 'Last week, the horrific displays of hatred at the University of Virginia and in Charlottesville shocked and saddened the nation,' school president Greg Fenves said in a statement. 'These events make it clear, now more than ever, that Confederate monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism,' he added.
