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Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues

Mathew Barakat and Michael Kunzelman, Associated PressApril 4, 2021

The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby monument to fellow Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Charlottesville’s city council voted to remove both.

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Being Black and Republican in the Era of Trump Presents Real Challenges

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJuly 12, 2019

“I had to reevaluate my views and why I was with a party that did not support me. While I have always been conservative, I was told as a black woman I must be a Democrat. I attempted to become a Republican several times, but the Board of Election kept keeping me as a Democrat. I finally became a Republican in 2019,” said Shekinah Monee of Perfect Vision PR Company.