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Monumental Struggles: The Power to Unite or Divide
Battles over Confederate flags and monuments persist and suggest that the issues fought over in the American Civil War and Civil Rights Movement are unresolved. How we confront symbols of statues, flags and anthems determine the extent of domestic tranquility we can achieve as a nation. How can public commemoration shape a collective narrative that builds, rather than strains the ties that bind us together?
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Discussion Leaders
MITCH LANDRIEU
Senior Advisor to the President of the United States & former Mayor of New Orleans
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IMARI PARIS JEFFRIES
Executive Director of KingBoston, an organization dedicated to building a King memorial, The Embrace
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TRACYANN WILLIAMS
Assistant Dean for Student Support and Success at Fordham College at Lincoln Center
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CRAIG STUTMAN
Professor of History and Chair of the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project
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