The Real Story of Our Monuments
June 22, 2017
Julian Hayter, assistant professor of leadership studies, comments on Richmond's Monument Avenue in Richmond Magazine. Hayter has been appointed to the Monuments Commission Work Group by Mayor Levar Stoney.
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Excerpt:
Julian Hayter, a historian, author and professor at the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies, remarked, "Every time we start talking about Monument Avenue, it's like throwing Miracle-Gro on Richmond's character flaws. We have the same conversation over, over and over … It brings out the requisite voices from either side of the particular issue." And little advance is made.