Portsmouth Confederate monument at center of debate (VA)
By Johanna Somers
The Virginian-Pilot
17 hrs ago
... in 1955 his high school debate team tried to celebrate at a restaurant. He was the only black student in the group and the restaurant staff told him he had to leave. His teacher said they would all leave, and they ended up eating store-bought food in a park ...
Fleming says the Confederate monument at Court and High streets in Portsmouth is just another reminder of the hatred he has experienced ...
Amii Creekmur can see the monument from the Olde Towne hair salon she owns, Star Struck Styles. She would like the monument moved, but she doesn’t want the city to pay the more than $100,000 it was estimated to cost.
She said she has seen at least three Confederate-themed parades around the monument. On one occasion, a parade of eight to 10 cars started honking their horns at an elderly black man who was walking into a store. They smiled and waved to him, Creekmur said ...
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