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The Confederate statue in Leesburg, Virginia, does not represent a certain Confederate figure, but rather a generic Confederate soldier. (Capital News Service photo).
Rewriting the Civil War Story
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A Southern City’s History of Racial Disenfranchisement – PHOTO GALLERY
Erected in 1911, the 30-foot granite monument stands in Elizabeth City, N.C. The south side features a Confederate battle flag with the words "Our Heroes." Capital News Service photo.
In North Carolina city, political disenfranchisement colored Confederate statue debate

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina — As a little girl growing up in this segregated eastern port city, Bettie Parker’s parents told her, “When you see the Confederate flag on a car, run.”