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December 18, 2015

New Orleans City Council Votes to Remove Confederate Monuments 
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The New Orleans City Council has voted to remove four monuments to the
Confederacy in a 6-1 vote Thursday. Officials will soon take down
statutes of General Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis
and other monuments. It's the latest in a series of Confederate symbols
to be targeted for removal from public spaces since a white supremacist
killed nine African-American worshipers in Charleston, South Carolina,
on June 17. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu described Thursday's vote
to remove the monuments as a "courageous decision to turn a page on our
divisive past and chart the course for a more inclusive future."

 

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