In this episode, Kelli Lemon and Michael Paul Williams talk with Wes Bellamy, former vice mayor of Charlottesville and former member of the Charlottesville City Council. Bellamy was a central figure during the Unite the Right rally and the removal…
figure during the Unite the Right rally and the removal of two of that city's Confederate monuments. He recalls the taunts and intimidation rally organizers showed toward him leading up to the rally.Co-hosted by Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Michael Paul Williams and Kelli Lemon, After the Monuments captures the zeitgeist of a nation struggling to move from symbolic to substantive change on racial issues.
Columns of RTD's Michael Paul Williams that won him a Pulitzer Prize Star contributors 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. Star contributors 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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