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The statue of Confederate General Robert Lee is removed at Monument Avenue on Sept. 8, 2021 in Richmond, Va. Put up in 1890 to help legitimize a state run by and for white people only, pressure to remove the statue increased after the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. The Lee statue was the last of Southern Civil War leaders to be taken down. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)