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🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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“Monumental Problems,” Part I, brings us to Florence, Alabama, where a large Confederate monument has loomed in front of the county courthouse since 1903 – but perhaps not for much longer if community members like Camille Bennett get their say. Bennett is the founder of Project Say Something, a local civil rights organization that is rallying the community to decide the fate of the Confederate statue. We follow Bennett as she travels to Montgomery to speak one-on-one with Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill about community control of public spaces and monuments.
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0:00.0 | I typically love running in my neighborhood or anywhere where I can see lots of trees and scenery. |
0:08.1 | That's a part of the joy of actually running for me. |
0:12.0 | But since we started campaigning and protesting to take down the monument, |
0:18.2 | my friends and family convinced me that I needed to do it in a parking lot, |
0:24.0 | which really sucks, but it also helps me realize how much my life has changed. |
0:31.1 | Then I started this campaign to take down the monument. |
0:35.7 | Camille Bennett is the leader of Project Say Something, a local civil rights group in Alabama. |
0:42.3 | I'm going a little bit faster. |
0:44.5 | When she took this role, she didn't anticipate the violent threats that would come along with it. |
0:50.2 | Ooh, I see a car in this parking lot. |
0:54.3 | And now, even jogging comes with risk. |
0:58.0 | Not normally what I would do. |
1:00.6 | If that car pulled up like that, |
1:02.6 | is run to my car and get in. |
1:06.6 | Because I don't know who that is, |
1:08.1 | and that's part of trying to stay safe out here. |
1:12.6 | All right, now I'm on a full run. |
1:15.6 | I'm passing by a U-Haul truck that was in the parking line. |
1:20.6 | I usually circle around it a few times and make sure no one's in it. |
1:26.6 | All right, and now I no one's in it. All right. |
1:28.9 | And now I'm on the fast interval. |
1:32.0 | Which is my favorite. |
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