The Power of Monuments and Memorials: An Online Conversation
Hosted by the Mellon Foundation
A crew plans the operation to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va. in June 2020. (Steve Helber/AP)
Mellon Foundation President, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and Pulitzer Prize Board member Elizabeth Alexander will lead an online conversation on the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials on Wednesday, September 16 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.
Featuring:
- 2019 History winner David Blight (Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies, Yale University)
- 2019 Editorial Writing winner Brent Staples (Editorial Board Member, The New York Times)
- 2007 Poetry winner Natasha Trethewey (Board of Trustees Professor of English, Northwestern University; U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2014)