The Battle to Remove Confederate Statues
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07/25/23 • 62 min
While America has made progress in removing confederate statues from public squares, many remain standing. Director of the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, CJ Hunt, and founder of Project Say Something, Camille Goldston Bennett, join Roy Wood Jr. to discuss why these monuments were erected in the first place, how many are left, what’s being done on the ground to remove them, and where they should end up once they’re removed.
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Original air date: May 17, 2022
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While America has made progress in removing confederate statues from public squares, many remain standing. Director of the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, CJ Hunt, and founder of Project Say Something, Camille Goldston Bennett, join Roy Wood Jr. to discuss why these monuments were erected in the first place, how many are left, what’s being done on the ground to remove them, and where they should end up once they’re removed.
Donate to Project Say Something: https://projectsaysomething.org/
Original air date: May 17, 2022
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Beyond the Scenes from The Daily Show - The Battle to Remove Confederate Statues
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