· In the Shadow of Statues. A White Southerner Confronts History. Mitch Landrieu. Penguin Random House. ISBN On , New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered an address explaining the decision of his administration to remove four Confederate statues from city property. While the removal of the statues generated considerable controversy within the . When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by millions across the country/5(). · In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History — Mitch Landrieu So you could say I was primed to read Mitch Landrieu’s new Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.
Mitch Landrieu was mayor of New Orleans from to His memoir, In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History, was published in I recently learned of the book when a radio talk show host mentioned it on air. The New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate."There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it." When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May about his decision to. In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History | Chapter 6 of Author: Mitch Landrieu | Submitted by: Maria Garcia | Views | Add a Review. Please hit next button if you encounter an empty page.
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History. In the Shadow of Statues.: Mitch Landrieu. Penguin, - pages. 3 Reviews. The New Orleans mayor who removed the. "There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it." When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by millions across the country. His memoir, In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History, was published in I recently learned of the book when a radio talk show host mentioned it on air. Landrieu's claim to fame is that he removed the Confederate statues in New Orleans a couple of years before destroying statues became international news in
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