A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis is now on display in Richmond’s Valentine museum. The decision to display a toppled Davis forces visitors to look down rather than the direction that white southerners intended for it to be viewed when it was dedicated on Richmond’s Monument Avenue in 1907.
This display suggests tha…
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