Statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.

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Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, protests erupted throughout the world and propelled racial justice issues into public consciousness. This photo addresses the presence of Confederate monuments and the commemorative landscape in the United States.

This file appears in: Streets on the Table: Introduction

Streets on the Table: Introduction

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an…