File-This March 5, 2019, file photo shows a memorial marker standing in the University of Mississippi campus cemetery that has the graves of Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Shiloh. The University of Mississippi's leader says he agrees that a Confederate monument should be shifted from its current spot on campus. Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said in a Thursday, March 21, 2019, statement that he is consulting with historic preservation officials on relocating the statue. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi's leader says he agrees that a Confederate soldier monument should be moved from its current spot on campus.
Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks issued a statement Thursday that he's discussing relocation with historic preservation officials.
Student, faculty and staff groups passed resolutions earlier this month asking Sparks to move the monument to a secluded Confederate cemetery on campus. Sparks hadn't announced until Thursday that he agreed.
College Board trustees, who govern Mississippi's eight public universities, ultimately must approve it.
Before any move, the university must consult with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Ole Miss has struggled to distance itself from Confederate imagery, installing plaques with historical context about the monument and about slaves who built some campus buildings before the Civil War.
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2019-03-21 21:17:52Z
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