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Students demand removal of 'mild racist' from Georgia landscape

  • Written by Kathy Roberts Forde, Associate Professor, Journalism Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imagePeople raise their fists outside Atlanta City Hall during a protest over the death of George Floyd on June 6, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Following the lead of African American activists, a coalition of young people has taken to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism across the country. Protesters in the South have...

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