Professor’s Op-Ed Is Final Blow for Confederate Statue
The 121-year-old monument at the University of Louisville is coming down in part because of the words of an African-American academic.
"For 20 years, I have walked by that towering granite and bronze eyesore glorifying the nadir of America’s past. For 20 years, I have listened to cries for its removal. For 20 years, we have been plagued by confusion, compromises, excuses and half measures. One hundred twenty-one years is too long. Twenty years is too long. Twenty more weeks is too long. We’ve waited long enough. It's time for the statue to go. . . ."
Ricky L. Jones, chair of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville on the 121-year-old Confederate monument.
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/journalisms/2016/04/op_ed_is_final_blow_for_confederate_statue.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content%26
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