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McLean, Virginia It may at first sound hypocritical to collect $35,000 and demand first-class airfare for an hour-long presentation preaching “redistribution" and lambasting capitalism and inequality. But there was nothing capitalistic about Nikole Hannah-Jones gold-plated speech in Washington, D.C.’s wealthiest suburb on Feb. 19: Her massive speaking fee was paid by taxpayers.
A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who as a 16-year-old girl played a pivotal role in the downfall of segregated schooling, will replace the Robert E. Lee statue, which had stood in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall until 2020 as the representative of Virginia.