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After Charlottesville, Southern Cities Consider What To Do With Confederate Monuments

NPR
Published August 15, 2017 at 12:12 PM EDT
Protesters kneel outside the office of Gov. Bill Haslam Monday to call for the removal of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest. (Chas Sisk/WPLN)
Protesters kneel outside the office of Gov. Bill Haslam Monday to call for the removal of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest. (Chas Sisk/WPLN)

In the wake of what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, many cities are thinking about what to do with their Confederate monuments.

Josh James of WUKY in Lexington, Kentucky, and Chas Sisk (@chassisk) of Here & Now contributor Nashville Public Radio report on the debate in each city.

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