Mary Sanchez: Of monuments and the men who never deserved them
Yet another chapter in the U.S.’s racial awakening seems to be unfolding.
A bill to change Mississippi’s state flag, with a design that venerates the Confederate battle, passed the state’s house of representatives and senate in late June. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vowed to sign it Fourth of July weekend (but has yet to do so). An emblem of hate and injustice may soon be retired.
At the same time, tons of steel, copper and granite, monuments of slave
