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Activists hail Robert E. Lee statue removal, say more work remains: “I think we have to keep learning”
When an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted off its pedestal Wednesday in the former capital of the Confederacy and carted off to storage, many civil rights activists saw it as a ...
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Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis Is Torn Down by Protesters in Richmond
The statue of Jefferson Davis was the third monument to be taken down by protesters in Richmond this past week Protesters in Richmond, Virginia tore down a statue of Confederate President ...
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I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
In June 2020, protesters in Richmond used ropes ... the beginning of “the path to freedom for millions of people who had been enslaved.” And in Roanoke, a statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose ...