Winston-Salem Continues Nationwide Trend of Removing Confederate Monuments
Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the latest locale to remove a symbol of racism and white supremacy. The city took down a statue that was constructed in 1905 in honor of the enslavement-supporting system that caused the state to join the Confederacy during the Civil War.
The statue was eventually removed because the property on which it stands, a former …
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