A statue of a black man on a horse has a new home in the heart of the Confederacy:CNN
Posted: 11 Dec 2019, 20:36
A monument of a young African-American man has found its permanent Virginia home near the Confederate statue it was modeled after.
The statue comes in the midst of a nationwide debate surrounding whether to memorialize the Confederacy. In 2017, white nationalists marched to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulting in violent clashes and the death of Heather Heyer.
"It's taken more than 100 years, but the rest of Richmond's residents finally have a monument of a man on a horse who looks more like them," Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said.
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The statue comes in the midst of a nationwide debate surrounding whether to memorialize the Confederacy. In 2017, white nationalists marched to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulting in violent clashes and the death of Heather Heyer.
"It's taken more than 100 years, but the rest of Richmond's residents finally have a monument of a man on a horse who looks more like them," Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said.
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