Monument honoring abolition of slavery unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, weeks after removing Robert E. Lee statue

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A monument dedicated to the abolition of slavery was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday, two weeks after a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was taken down 2 miles away.…

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National Cathedral commissions racial justice-themed windows to replace Confederate iconography

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[Episcopal News Service] Washington National Cathedral has commissioned a racial justice-themed replacement for its stained glass depicting two Confederate generals, windows that were removed four years ago amid a national reckoning…

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FILE PHOTO: Mohib Ullah, a leader of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, talks on the phone in Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Rohingya community leader shot dead in Bangladesh refugee camp

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By Ruma Paul and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) – Gunmen shot and killed a prominent Rohingya Muslim leader in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Wednesday, a United Nations spokesperson…

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