Ole Miss adding plaque with context for Confederate statue

(AP) — A Confederate soldier statue that has stood for generations in a prominent spot on the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus will soon be accompanied by a plaque giving it historical context.

The addition is part of an effort announced in 2014 to promote racial diversity and provide context for Old South symbols.

The plaque says the Confederate statue was dedicated by local citizens in 1906 and was one of many monuments built across the South as aging Civil War veterans were dying.