earendil December 13, 2022 11:12am #socialjustice #RichmondVA #statues (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/richmond-removes-final-public-confederate-statue) Richmond removes final public Confederate statue The city removed its other Confederate monuments amid the racial justice protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
nytimes September 10, 2021 9:01am Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum #art #blackpeople #culturearts #museums #blacklivesmattermovement #monumentsandmemorialsstructures #museumofmodernart #pendletonadam #barakaamiri #freedmanjill1939 #halberstamjack1961 #leeroberte #motenfred #richmondva #artanddesign #news
nytimes September 8, 2021 11:00am Virginia to Remove Robert E. Lee Statue From State Capital #monumentsandmemorialsstructures #civilwarus186165 #raceandethnicity #leeroberte #northamralphs #richmondva #news Virginia Removes Robert E. Lee Statue From State Capital The Confederate memorial was erected in 1890, the first of six monuments that became symbols of white power along the main boulevard in Richmond.
nytimes September 2, 2021 8:00pm Virginia Supreme Court Clears Path for Removal of Robert E. Lee Statue #monumentsandmemorialsstructures #georgefloydprotests2020 #civilwarus186165 #slaveryhistorical #leeroberte #northamralphs #richmondva #virginia #blacklivesmattermovement #news Virginia Supreme Court Clears Path for Removal of Robert E. Lee Statue Two unanimous rulings allow Gov. Ralph Northam to remove the statue from its prominent spot on Monument Avenue in Richmond.
nytimes July 15, 2021 9:01pm Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ #art #blackpeople #rapandhiphop #bluesmusic #thedirtysouthcontemporaryartmaterialcultureandthesonicimpulseexhibit #richmondva #southernstatesus #holidaybillie #moranjason1975 #mcmillianrodney #artanddesign #news Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ A big, juicy exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts turns an embracing eye on Black artists in the American South.
nytimes May 22, 2021 7:00pm We Took Down Richmond's Confederate Monuments. Now We Build. #monumentsandmemorialsstructures #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #georgefloydprotests2020 #blacklivesmattermovement #stoneylevar1981 #richmondva #news Opinion | I Needed to Lead My City. But I Needed to Apologize First. Confederate monuments no longer define our city. But we must build something new in their place.
