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A Civil War monument statue is strapped to the back of a flatbed after it was toppled from its pedestal in front of the State Capitol to illustrate an opinion piece by University of Texas at Austin Art History Professor Eddie Chambers piece

"In the absence of statues we see the falsehoods we were sold" // op-ed from Dr. Eddie Chambers

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July 3, 2020
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