by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion
William Jackson Christian and Warren Edmund Christian state clearly why the statue of their ancestor, the Confederate general, should be removed. “Our sense of justice leads us to believe that removing the Stonewall statue and other monuments should be part of a...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Article
Did you think that all Confederate monuments were south of the Mason-Dixon line? This map in the New York Times illustrates the extent of their distribution along with photos and text about their removal.
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 24, 2017 | Article
“Maggie L. Walker started a newspaper. She was the first country’s first woman to found a bank. She was a humanitarian, a teacher, an icon of her community in 1920s Richmond. She was also the daughter of a former slave. Walker’s accomplishments in the face of...
by lindaoppenheim | May 11, 2017 | Opinion
Longtime New Orleans’ resident and author, Michael Tisserand, supports Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s order to remove four prominent monuments portraying Confederate officials and generals ” as well as an obelisk celebrating the white militia that in 1874...