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Speakers urge restoration of Court Square auction block marker as council proclaims Eddie Harris’s legacy
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the council to restore a historical marker recognizing the site of historic enslaved-person auctions; the council also read a proclamation honoring Edward 'Eddie' Harris and his work with Vinegar Hill Magazine and fatherhood programs.
At Tuesday’s Charlottesville City Council meeting, multiple adult public commenters pressed the city to restore a marker identifying the traditional site of enslavement and the auction block in Court Square and to correct what they called a ‘historical erasure.’
Colonel Robert Jess III, speaking for the Court Square Enslaved Memorial Group, said the group had consulted descendants and sought NAACP backing and urged the council not to delay another year or…
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