Richmond’s Controversial Robert E. Lee Statue May Head to the City’s Black History Museum

A Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, that became a flashpoint in America’s fierce debate over public monuments may have a new home: the city’s Black History Museum and Cultural Center.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced last week that they had reached a tentative agreement to transfer ownership of the 21-foot-tall Lee statue, along with its pedestal and eight other Confederate statues removed from the city, to the museu