Virginia’s Lone Black Statewide Official Sits Out Robert E. Lee Tribute

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History; Politics

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Richmond, VA — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, only the second African American elected to statewide office in Virginia, briefly bowed out of his duties in the state Senate on Friday in protest of a tribute to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginias-lone-black-statewide-official-sits-out-robert-e-lee-tribute/2019/01/18/7b721ba4-1b4c-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?outputType=amp&utm_term=.bd4aeba88868&__twitter_impression=true

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Laura Vozzella

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washingtonpost.com

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