As Richmond's Confederate statues go, so might the South's
Monique Calello
The (Staunton, Va.) News Leader
Published 8:19 p.m. ET Feb. 11, 2018
... "I struggle to understand how someone would want to tie their culture and heritage with human trafficking and systematic rape, and all the things associated with slavery which was the cornerstone of the Confederate economy" ...
... For him, it began in high school football when the Lee Davis Confederates and Douglas Freeman Rebels ran onto the field waving the Confederate battle flag. Now Braxton sees the battle flag every morning on his way to work off Interstate 95. He says the upside of it being dark when he’s driving home is that he can't see it ...
Before the violence in Charlottesville, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney had formed the Monument Avenue Commission to discuss adding context to the statues. After the Unite the Right rally, he shifted his position and announced the city should take them down.
"As they currently stand, the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue are a default endorsement of a shameful period in our national and city history that do not reflect the values of inclusiveness, equality and diversity we celebrate in today's Richmond," Stoney said ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/11/black-history-month-richmond-confederate-statues/1001960001/
