When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
- Written by Alexander N. Taylor, PhD Candidate in Economics, George Mason University
Demonstrators hold Confederate flags near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis on June 25, 2015, in Richmond, Va., after it was spray-painted with the phrase 'Black Lives Matter.'AP Photo/Steve HelberConfederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston, South...





