Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward
America cannot change its history, but it can surely learn from it.
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America cannot change its history, but it can surely learn from it.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu explains to his city why four monuments commemorating the Lost Cause and the Confederacy had to come down.