#GoodTrouble in Richmond
I just posted about a worker wearing a #GoodTrouble shirt in Charlottesville. It turns out he is the owner/boss.
via NBC News
Black contractor braves threats in removing Richmond statues
I feel a great deal of conviction in what we did and how it was done, lead contractor Devon Henry said
By The Associated Press
Oct. 26, 2020, 2:03 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. Devon Henry paced in nervous anticipation, because this was a project like nothing hed ever done. He wore the usual hard hat and a bulletproof vest.
An accomplished Black businessman, Henry took on a job the city says others were unwilling to do: lead contractor for the now-completed removal of 14 pieces of Confederate statuary that dotted Virginias capital city. There was angry opposition, and fear for the safety of all involved.
But when a crane finally plucked the equestrian statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson off the enormous pedestal where it had towered over this former capital of the Confederacy for more than a century, church bells chimed, thunder clapped and the crowd erupted in cheers.
Henrys brother grabbed him, and they jumped up and down. He saw others crying in the pouring rain.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-contractor-braves-threats-removing-richmond-statues-n1244772