Thursday, June 08, 2017

African American leadership in Arizona campaigning against Confederate monuments there

These are some of the articles.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/06/05/black-leaders-arizonas-confederate-monuments-racial-hatred/371171001/

Evidently Arizona doesn't want to follow Richmond's example and instead follow New Orleans's.

There has been some who think that New Orleans is a bad example and Richmond is a good example because Richmond hasn't taken down their Confederate monuments.

This is a blog posting of a person who has advocated that Confederate monuments be retained.
http://cwmemory.com/2015/12/14/new-orleans-should-look-to-richmond/

If the above posting is deleted, the website is archived on www.archive.org.

This article discusses the new type of opposition to Confederate monument removal.
http://thegrio.com/2017/05/26/hundreds-of-confederate-statues-still-standing/#oQWeYWxF2IXyGtRl.01

This article has the history of the local monuments.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-confederate-monuments-state-capitol-greenwood-cemetery-southern-arizona-veterans-cemetery-9392610

As monuments come down in one location the pressure will intensify  in other locations.

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