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Robert E. Lee's Descendant Supports The Removal Of Confederate Statue In North Carolina


The fourth great-nephew of the Confederate general says it is “a celebration of white supremacy.”
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Residents of Iredell County, N.C., are fighting to remove a statue of  Confederate General Robert E. Lee and they now have the support of one of his descendants.
According to the
Raleigh News & Observer, the fourth great-nephew of Lee, Rev. Robert Wright “Rob” Lee IV, is joining a multiracial lawsuit to remove the statue of Lee in Statesville, N.C. In a statement, Rev. Lee said the statue was “a celebration of white supremacy and racism.”
On March 2, it appeared the Iredell Board of County Commissioners was ready to remove the statue but two weeks later reversed course. The Iredell Free News reports commission Chairman James Mallory said the earlier 4-1 vote had been misconstrued and “the commissioners had expressed only a willingness to work with the United Daughters of the Confederacy if the group decided to move the statue.”

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Descendant of Robert E. Lee Joins Fight to Have Confederate Statue Removed


Descendant of Robert E. Lee Joins Fight to Have Confederate Statue Removed
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People from all backgrounds are coming together to get a statue of Robert E. Lee removed from a North Carolina site. Including one descendant of the confederate war general.
Rev. Robert Wright “Rob” Lee IV, the fourth great-nephew of Robert E. Lee joined a multiracial lawsuit filed on Tuesday to have his great uncle’s statue removed from the Government Center in downtown Statesville,
The Raleigh News & Observer reports.
The group includes local residents and organizations who are all against a monument of the Confederacy’s commanding general being on display at the former county courthouse. Lee added a personal statement with the lawsuit where he called his great uncle’s statue “a celebration of white supremacy and racism.”

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Robert E. Lee descendant joins legal fight to remove Confederate statue from NC site

A multiracial lawsuit demanding the removal of a Confederate monument in Iredell County, North Carolina, offers a historic family twist. One of the residents supporting the move is a descendant of Robert E. Lee. The Rev. Robert Wright "Rob" Lee IV of Statesville, a fourth great-nephew of the Confederacy's commanding general, is among a group of residents and organizations calling on Iredell ...

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Descendent of Robert E. Lee Joins Fight to Have Confederate Statue Removed


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The sun rises behind the Robert E. Lee statue, where streets are closed ahead of expected protests in Richmond, Virginia on January 17, 2021. - Security officials have warned that armed pro-Trump extremists, possibly carrying explosives, pose a threat to Washington as well as state capitals over the coming week.
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That we even have to debate whether a statue of Robert E. Lee should exist tells us how backwards many people in America are. Of course, four years of Donald Trump and his racism certainly didn’t help.
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If people are willing to travel to Washington, D.C., to take down the government, they certainly aren’t going to stand by and let one of the symbols of their hate be taken down.

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