Dallas Council Votes To Remove Confederate Statue In Lee Park [View all]
By KERA NEWS • 53 MINUTES AGO
The Dallas City Council has approved a resolution 13-1 to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Lee Park in Oak Lawn, effective immediately.
Council member Rickey Callahan abstained from voting Wednesday, after his motion to postpone action on the Lee statue and put the matter to a public vote failed. Council member Sandy Greyson was the only person who voted against the resolution.
The mayor’s new task force on the issue — formed last month — will discuss what should ultimately be done with the Lee statue, the Confederate War Memorial in Pioneer Park Cemetery and the many other streets, parks and places in Dallas that bear names and symbols of the Confederacy.
“There’s no question in my mind that our city will be better tomorrow with that statue down,” Mayor Mike Rawlings said ...
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