>> the confederacy didn't fight to unite the united states of america. we should be focused on how to be a more united city, state, country. >> days after violent protests sparked in part because of robert e. lee statue in charlottesville, virginia, government officials in at least nine other states are publicly contemplating the fates of their memorials to those who fought for slavery on the losing confederate side. in durham north carolina, some broke the law and took matters into their own hands. another nationwide debate about whether the monuments set in stone honor heritage or hate. were they erected by grieving mothers of confederate soldiers or by someone else? southern poverty law center says the majority of 700 confederate monuments in public spaces were erected decades after general lee's surrender. >> they were erected when they were erected at the same time white southerners, conservative white southerners were if you
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