Challenging the Confederate identity of Lexington, VA

Publish Date:26 July 2020

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Education , Genocide , History , Racism

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Humanity in Action staff member Adama Kamara, a Lexington native, was interviewed by the New York Times for her role in bringing to light the contention over the town’s lionization of Confederate generals. Read more here.

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