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11: First Majority-Black City Council | How the Monuments Came Down

11: First Majority-Black City Council | How the Monuments Came Down

Overview

Learn why the first majority-Black city council in Richmond, Virginia, in the late 1970s, avoided discussion of the city’s Confederate monuments while attending to urgent crises of housing and education.  

First Majority-Black City Council Video

First Majority-Black City Council Video

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