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  • Why a Virginia teen now stands where Robert E. Lee did

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• US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee's place (heraldcourier.com) — Chilhowie gets a brief nod in a linked high school sports roundup, but the main story focuses on Virginia civil rights history reaching the U.S. Capitol. A new statue of teenager Barbara Rose Johns, who led a school walkout over segregation, is replacing the removed statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, marking a symbolic shift in how Virginia is represented nationally.
   

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