famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ash added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue in which statues should be added, changed or removed continued today. next, we speak with kristen green on the fight to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believed that that's what i thought of it as. and i also think that people believed that as soon as the decision was handed to the court in 1954 that it was implemented and also it's not really. so while i am working on the research for the book is that

famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996 african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue and which statutes should be added, changed or removed continue today. up next we speak with kristen green on trying to desegregate greene county -- prince edward kennett virginia. >> i think people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954 that it was immediately implemented and that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that since edward county that are literally affected by the brown v. board of education decision but it was actually one of the five cases that was rolled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that prince edward was part of the brown v. board of education decision was a young woman named barbara, a high school junior, lead and walk out to protest the conditions of her school. that walkout attracted the attention of naacp attorneys in richmond

famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ash added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue in which statues should be added, changed or removed continued today. next, we speak with kristen green on the fight to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believed that that's what i thought of it as. and i also think that people believed that as soon as the decision was handed to the court in 1954 that it was implemented and also it's not really. so while i am working on the research for the book is that not only it was really affected by the brown versus board of education but it was actually one of five cases that was ruled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that, because it was part of the progress of brown b board of education was the one young woman named robert johns junior led a walkout to protest the conditions of her school in farmville virginia in 1965 and that walkout from the naacp at

lee, thomas stonewall jackson, and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american star -- tennis star in virginia and natives arthur ash was added to the collection. of next, our visit to richmond continues as we travel to the virginia historical society to learn about the state's history. welcome to the virginia historical society. we are standing at the entrance to the story of virginia, which is our long-term exhibition that covers all of virginia history from prehistory to the present day. this is an exhibit meant to show visitors how virginia plays into the broader narrative of american history and international history as well. we're going to begin by looking at a can knew that is roughly 300 years old. this is a symbol of the collision of the two cultures that make up

famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the conversation. -- up next, we speak with kristen green on the right to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believe it is just one court case. that's what i thought of it as. growing up. and i also think that people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954, that it was immediately implement it. that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that prince edward county that only was affected by the education decision but it was also one of five cases that was rolled into an umbrella case. and the the reason this was part of the decision was a woman, a high school junior and did a walk out. in 1951. that walk out capture the attention of the naacp attorneys in richmond. and they agreed to come meet with barbara john's and fellow students and their parents. but that decision led the n

famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the conversation. -- up next, we speak with kristen green on the right to desegregate prince edward

lee,es of general robert e thomas j stonewall jackson, je b stewart provided over the landscape, grand equestrian form. richmond still looks like a national capital. on monument avenue, -- beyond monument avenue virginia monuments frequently defined the war in non-nationalistic terms of virginia's who fought for virginia -- virginians who fought for virginia, not for the confederacy. the lancaster county and northumberland county courthouse monuments east of richmond, do not mention the confederacy. even the war is not mentioned. the focus is on quotes. for who gave their lives the cause of their native state and the south. addition, we use the term confederate monument were confederate soldier, but many monument inscriptions deliberately avoid the use of the word "confederate." many do but many do not. at stonewall cemetery in winchester, the virginia obelisks remembers "398 virginia soldiers who fell in defense of the constitutional liberty and the sovereignty of their state. ,hey fought for virginia virginians fighting for virginia. furthermore, we speak of the lost cause but the mo

three decades, jeb stuart monument in 19 oh seven, jefferson davis monument also in 1907, thomas j stonewall jackson in 1919, and matthew 1909, each ofy in them embedded in granite. one would find the of each whiles simultaneously speaking to honor the sacrifice. the placement of the lee monument alone quickly made destinationust-see for confederate memory faithful and the curious from around the world. when these soldiers are dying off -- again, north and south -- what we find and often refer to as the memorial period. that makes sense, right? people are dying. you want to memorialize them. but we cannot deny the other social forces that are taking place at the time. particularly, this is the birth of jim crow also going on. the federal government has backed up. the south is able to do what it does, and part of that, again, makes itself real and is --ported by the federal obviously, the supreme court of the united states, several members of whom were still very much closely related to the south. some were confederate s.mpathetic' ruled in plessis the ferguson -- ferguson. it is a powerful reasserti

famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996 african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue and which statutes should be added, changed or removed continue today. up next we speak with kristen green on trying to desegregate greene county -- prince edward kennett virginia. >> i think people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954 that it was immediately implemented and that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that since edward county that are literally affected by the brown v. board of education decision