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Arkansas governor seeks to end MLK and Robert E Lee shared holiday
Racial sensitivity has been heightened across the southern US following the murders of nine black worshippers at a Charleston, South Carolina church last June, by a suspected gunman who sympathized with white supremacist views and adorned his social media posts with Confederate regalia.
The shooting caused many southern states to re-examine public symbols of the Confederacy. The Confederate battle flag was subsequently removed from some official locations; statues of Confederate heroes like Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson have also come under scrutiny.
Arkansas governor seeks to end MLK and Robert E Lee shared holiday
Racial sensitivity has been heightened across the southern US following the murders of nine black worshippers at a Charleston, South Carolina church last June, by a suspected gunman who sympathized with white supremacist views and adorned his social media posts with Confederate regalia.
The shooting caused many southern states to re-examine public symbols of the Confederacy. The Confederate battle flag was subsequently removed from some official locations; statues of Confederate heroes like Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson have also come under scrutiny.