Lynn Hopewell

Latest by Lynn Hopewell in Chronicles

• Cultural Revolutions

  March 2000

  No History Left

  As I reported last month, City Councilman Sa'ad El-Amin had declared that General Lee's picture is "offensive to blacks" and had threatened to call a boycott of the Canal Walk unless the picture were removed.

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• Correspondence

  February 2000

  The Battle of Richmond

  The history police from Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" are at it again. Robert F. Lee's picture, among 30 planned for an historical display along Richmond's waterfront, was briefly removed because of protests by City Councilman Sa'ad El-Amin.

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