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Confederate Monuments: Should They Stay or Go?
Confederate Monuments: Should They Stay or Go?
August 19, 2017 - Memphis police attempt to climb the pedestal of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate statue to remove an activist during #TakeEmDown901's Rally for Removal! Solidarity with Charlottesville! action at Health Sciences Park on Saturday. Moments later, chaos erupted leading several demonstrators to be arrested by the Memphis Police Department. The event follows a weeklong effort to have Confederate monuments, like Forrest and Jefferson Davis, removed from the city. (Yalonda M. James/ The Commercial Appeal)

