A new petition calls for Confederate memorials in Tennessee to be replaced with statues of Dolly Parton
The Change.org petition started by Alex Parsons says"Tennessee is littered with statues memorializing confederate officers." "History should not be forgotten, but we need not glamorize those who do not deserve our praise," the petition states."Instead, let us honor a true Tennessee hero, Dolly Parton.
"Memorials to the Confederacy were intended, in part, to obscure the terrorism required to overthrow Reconstruction, and to intimidate African Americans politically and isolate them from the mainstream of public life."Instead, Parsons wrote, he'd rather honor Parton -- whose"philanthropic heart has unquestionably changed the world for the better.
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