A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis is moved from its location in front of the school's main tower on the University of Texas campus, Aug. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Eric Gay/AP ...

Nineteen months after being forklifted off its limestone plinth on the University of Texas at Austin’s Main Mall, placed in the back of pickup, and hauled off, the controversial Jefferson Davis ...

Students at the University of Texas at Austin are continuing to voice their desire to remove the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on campus. The statue was recently spray-painted ...

And now, a statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, was removed from University of Texas at Austin’s main campus on Sunday. "All history is controversial ...

After decades of controversy surrounding four bronze statues of Confederate leaders at the University of Texas at Austin ... of them — the statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.

A larger-than-life bronze statue of Jefferson Davis was taken down at the ... also being moved to another location on the Austin campus. In March, UT student government voted to remove the statue.

A cyclist passes a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the University of Texas campus, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Austin, Texas. University of Texas officials are asking an Austin ...

AUSTIN - The University of Texas at Austin on Sunday morning removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from its main mall, over the objections and amid ongoing legal action by Confederate groups.

Workers prepared for the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue at the University of Texas at Austin Sunday morning. The Jefferson Davis statue will no longer cast a shadow on the University Texas ...

AUSTIN — The University of Texas successfully removed the Jefferson Davis statue from the shadow of the iconic UT Tower early Sunday morning. The process took about 2 1/2 hours. Workers had to ...