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When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down

  • Written by Alexander N. Taylor, PhD Candidate in Economics, George Mason University
When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went downDemonstrators hold Confederate flags near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis on June 25, 2015, in Richmond, Va., after it was spray-painted with the phrase 'Black Lives Matter.'AP Photo/Steve Helber

Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston, South...

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