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Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions

By Frederick Gooding Jr.   February 17, 2022   With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, of August 2017, and the statue of Robert E. Lee removed from its lofty pedestal in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, local lawmakers in December 2021 voted to do the unimaginable—donate the statue to … Continue reading Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions