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Source: Vox

8-18-17

"I've studied the history of Confederate memorials. Here's what to do about them."

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage

UNC's W. Fitzhugh Brundage recommends removing them. "Whatever value they have as historical artifacts, they were not the work of some latter-day Michelangelo."

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"I've studied the history of Confederate memorials. Here's what to do about them."

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage