The Unfinished Battle In the Capital Of The Confederacy

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🗓️ 23 August 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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As calls to remove Confederate memorials grow louder, we head to Richmond, Va., where the veneration of Confederate leaders has been a source of local pride — and revulsion — for more than a century.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains language that some folks may find offensive.
0:03.9	A lot has happened in the last week.
0:06.4	The week of violence in Charlottesville resurrected a movement,
0:09.4	a nationwide tug of war over these Confederate monuments.
0:13.2	The unrest is renewing calls across the US for the removal of Confederate monuments
0:17.6	that many of you as symbols of oppression.
0:19.3	Baltimore City Council voted unanimously to remove all four monuments that showcase Confederate history.
0:25.2	In light of what happened, Atlanta,
0:27.1	America, Seam Reed says he is considering petitions calling for the city to rename
0:31.6	streets, bearing names, other Confederacy.
0:34.0	The mayor of Lexington, Kentucky is moving quickly to relocate two Confederate monuments from
0:39.2	outside a historic former courthouse.
0:43.8	After the violence in Charlottesville, cities across the country have been wrestling with what to do
0:47.7	with their Confederate monuments. So there's an irony here, right?
0:51.4	The white supremacists who went to Charlottesville said they were defending the city statue of
0:54.8	Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, for May and takin' down.
0:57.9	What ended up happening was they probably ensure that even more Confederate statues across the country
1:02.8	will be taken down even more quickly.
1:04.4	And these fights over these Confederate monuments are really part of an ongoing litigation
1:09.2	about the Americans of the War and slavery.
1:14.4	So this is Richmond, Virginia.
1:16.9	We are standing in the middle of a traffic circle
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