'No one should be protecting the legacies of confederate leaders and slave owners.' Justin Timberlake has become the latest public figure to call for the removal of Confederate monuments across the US.
Justin Timberlake has become the latest public figure to call for the removal of Confederate monuments across the US.
The musician and actor, who is from Tennessee, shared his thoughts regarding the monuments in an Instagram post on Monday."There are roughly 1,848 confederate statues of in the US," he wrote in his caption of the post, which featured a video by the American Civil Liberties Union about Confederate monuments."More than half are in The South, and it's not acceptable. No one should be protecting the legacies of confederate leaders and slave owners.
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