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Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.

How the Monuments Came Down

10.020211h 26m
Documentary

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.

Directed by Hannah Brown Ayers

CAST

The people behind the story

Melody BarnesSelf - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor
Christy ColemanSelf - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum
Michael Paul WilliamsSelf - Newspaper Columist
Julian HayterSelf - Voting Rights Expert
Caroline JanneyHistorian
Marvin ChilesHistorian
Joseph RogersPublic Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields
Ralph Northam
Ralph NorthamSelf

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