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Transcript: Civil Rights Statue Causing Controversy in Alabama
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- March 12, 1996
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A statue intended as a monument to the civil rights marchers in '63
depicts a white policeman unleashing his attack dog on a submissive,
black teen. Some feel the explicit rendition will do more harm than
good.
BOB EDWARDS, Host: A new outdoor statue in Birmingham, Alabama, is
serving as a reminder of one of the more tragic events of recent history.
It was inspired by confrontations between police officers and civil
rights marchers in the spring of 1963. Police officers used fire
hoses and police dogs to disperse demonstrators.
The statue was intended as a monument to the foot soldiers of
the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. It depicts a ...