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When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
As Reconstruction neared its end in 1875, a Stonewall Jackson monument erected in Richmond, Virginia, foreshadowed the different monuments to come. The monument’s dedication drew 50,000 ...
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How an Arthur Ashe statue ended up in Richmond's Confederate memorial
“Richmond Could Be Next ... At the city’s heart is Monument Avenue, which features the towering likenesses of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, Jefferson Davis and Matthew ...