Video of this podcast discussion available at richmond.com. Reposted here with permission.
About After the Monuments
Co-hosted by Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Michael Paul Williams and Kelli Lemon, After the Monuments captures the zeitgeist of a nation struggling to move from symbolic to substantive change on racial issues.Bellamy was a central figure during … the removal of two of that city’s Confederate monuments.
In this episode, Kelli Lemon and Michael Paul Williams talk with Wes Bellamy, former vice mayor of Charlottesville and former member of the Charlottesville City Council. Bellamy was a central figure during the Unite the Right rally and the removal of two of that city’s Confederate monuments. He recalls the taunts and intimidation rally organizers showed toward him leading up to the rally.
The podcast analyzes current events about race through a historical context, examining the ideas of leading Black thinkers over time, and encouraging broader and deeper insights into racial tensions, divisions and reconciliation.
Williams and Lemon are both with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va.
