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Jefferson Davis statue challenged
Associated Press October 03, 2003
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FRANKFORT, Ky. ââ¬â Beyond his having been born in Kentucky, there is no reason to keep a statue of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state Capitol rotunda, black leaders told a state panel yesterday.
The statues of five white men occupy "pedestals of honor" in the rotunda, and there needs to be more diversity on display, said former state NAACP official Raoul Cunningham.
"We would suggest that you take into consideration that there is no diversity represented in the Kentucky Rotunda ââ¬â no African Americans, no women and no Native Americans," Cunningham told the commission.
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