'this Is Not Just About Symbols': America's Reckoning Over Confederate Monuments

The American South, Tallahassee Democrat
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 6:05am

Why symbols of the nation's racist past are coming down now, and why this movement might only be getting started.

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