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Protests prompt U.S. leaders to remove Confederate monuments

Confederate statues were taken down in Louisville and Indianapolis, and the University of Alabama said it would remove campus plaques in response to ongoing protests of police brutality, racial injustice, and the death of George Floyd.

An image of George Floyd is projected on the base of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Monday.
An image of George Floyd is projected on the base of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Monday.Read moreSteve Helber / AP
    by Teo Armus, Washington Post
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