White contractors wouldn't remove Confederate statues in Virginia, so a Black man did it
Devon Henry stepped in to remove almost all of Richmond’s Confederate statues after White contractors refused. It changed his life.
Source: stripes.com
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Devon Henry stepped in to remove almost all of Richmond’s Confederate statues after White contractors refused. It changed his life.
Devon Henry has removed more than 20 Confederate statues across Virginia and the South, but the job come with threats and potential violence.
Devon Henry and his company have taken down 23 monuments in the South, including the infamous Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia, in part because few others were interested.