Hosts Kelli Lemon and Michal Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch catch-up on recent news: the Jefferson Davis statue was unveiled at a Richmond, Va., museum in it's 2020 state, complete with pink paint and a toilet paper noose…
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio After a brief hiatus, hosts Kelli Lemon and Michal Paul Williams of the Richmond Times-Dispatch catch-up on the news developments of the past couple weeks. During that time, the Jefferson Davis statue was unveiled in Richmond, Va., at the Valentine Museum in it's 2020 state, complete with pink paint and a toilet paper noose, Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the U.S.
Columns of RTD's Michael Paul Williams that won him a Pulitzer Prize Columnists Williams: 'The Lost Cause is dead.' Let's dismantle its legacy beyond the symbols. The original opponent of the Robert E. Lee statue issued a stern prophesy after the monument was erected in 1890. Columnists Williams: The fall of Stonewall Jackson is just a start. Let's start building a city we can be proud of. When a crane raised the 17 1/2 foot bronze statue off the granite pedestal, the weight of Richmond history became more bearable. But there's much heavier lifting to be done.
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