ECU student Kristoffer Rixon started the petition after protests in Charlottesville turned deadly. "You have these relics and monuments that commemorate and celebrate the legacy of the Confederacy ...

Kristoffer Rixon posted the petition Monday, and as of Tuesday afternoon, it already has 800 backers. In it, Rixon said, “it is our assertion that this statue subverts and undermines our core ...

“As an American, I cannot look at that statue and believe that is my heritage, having family that had slaves,” said Kristoffer Rixon, who started the petition. Rixon wants the monument moved ...