A statue of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America, is no longer standing at the University of Texas, according to Fox News. The statue was removed Sunday from the Austin campus after a court rejected an appeal from a Confederate heritage group to keep it in place.
The statue will find a new home in the Briscoe Center history museum, which is on campus. The museum has one of the biggest slavery archives in the U.S.
"This is an iconic moment," university Vice President Gregory Vincent said. "It really shows the power of student leadership."
The bronze statue of Davis stood on the South Mall of the campus since 1933, according to NPR. The student government voted to remove the statue from its place in March. Plans to relocate the statue were briefly halted when the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued to keep it in place. Once the appeal was rejected, the university was free to remove the statute, which has been a target for vandalism.
Symbols of the Confederacy are disappearing all over the U.S. following the mass shooting at a church in South Carolina, according to The Huffington Post. The Confederate flag became a national talking point after that event.
