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N.C. Historical Commission Votes to Punt on Removing Confederate Monuments from Capitol [IndyWeek]

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One reason people make statues out of bronze and place them in public spaces is to make the figures represented seem to be inevitably and always there.. Their weight and seeming permanence is part of their message.

But Wiley knows that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/with-a-brass-band-blaring-artist-kehinde-wiley-goes-off-to-war-with-confederate-statues/2019/09/27/178bbb04-e16c-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

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Schools named after Confederate leaders are trying to rebrand - Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-names-after-confederate-leaders-rebrand-2019-6

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