By Leonard E. Colvin
We see the symbols of institutional power and privilege, past and present, on display each day in this country.
The values and ideas of these old and new symbols are colliding to determine which is right.
Last week, long after the Portsmouth City Council voted its approval, the city removed the remaining portions of the Confederate Monument downtown.
It reflects the old Confederacy in the South when white men controlled the economic and political levers of
power in the city and any political status of African Americans.
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