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Memphis Mayor Wants Statues Down By April
By: Mike Matthews
Posted: Sep 15, 2017 06:03 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 15, 2017 06:03 PM CDT
Memphis, TN - Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is tired of looking at Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis Statues.
He wants them gone by the time the world comes to Memphis to remember Doctor Martin Luther King on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
"Our goal is to have both statues down by April 4th, next year," he says. "I can't tell you how we are going to get there ... I have said repeatedly that we want to do it in a legal way and I am optimistic we're going to get there" ...
http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/memphis-mayor-wants-confederate-statues-down-and-gone-by-next-april/812048347