Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue That Incited Violent Protest

The statue of American Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been the subject of national debate for years, with many claiming that the monument glorified a racist figure. On Saturday, the monument was removed, effectively bringing an end to a series of arduous and tense conversations that had sometimes exploded publicly.
Activists had long been working to have the movement removed. A renewed push to take it down began in the wake of the first Black Lives Matter pro