Edenton NC鈥檚 Confederate monument still stands, two years after a vote to take it down

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Edenton NC鈥檚 Confederate monument still stands, two years after a vote to take it down

By Leoneda Inge,

Published March 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM EDT

Groups who want Edenton, N.C.鈥檚 Confederate monument to stay at its waterfront location argue it鈥檚 a veteran鈥檚 monument before anything else.

A deal to move a Confederate monument in front of the Edenton Town Council fell through. What鈥檚 next for the statue, and the lawsuits over its position.

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Mechelle Hankerson, News Director at WHRO Public Media

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 吉彩网网站, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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