How the Monuments Came Down
"Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down."
★ 10.0 /10
• 2021 • 86 min • Released Documentary
Overview
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
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Cast
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Melody Barnes
Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor
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Christy Coleman
Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum
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Michael Paul Williams
Self - Newspaper Columist
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Julian Hayter
Self - Voting Rights Expert
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Caroline Janney
Historian
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Marvin Chiles
Historian
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Joseph Rogers
Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields
Ralph Northam
Self
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