How the Monuments Came Down
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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.

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Release date

June 10, 2021

Creator / Director / Author

Hannah Brown Ayers

Runtime

86 min

Rating

10 / 10

Cast

M

Melody Barnes

Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor

C

Christy Coleman

Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum

M

Michael Paul Williams

Self - Newspaper Columist

J

Julian Hayter

Self - Voting Rights Expert

C

Caroline Janney

Historian

M

Marvin Chiles

Historian

J

Joseph Rogers

Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields

Ralph Northam

Ralph Northam

Self

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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