SOURCE: WAMU
6/27/2020
tags: slavery, memorials, emancipation, David Blight, public history
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6/27/2020
Why A History Professor Says ‘Racist’ Emancipation Memorial Shouldn’t Come Down (audio)
Historians in the Newstags: slavery, memorials, emancipation, David Blight, public history
Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay up.
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