Reverend Robert Lee is a descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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Debate is raging in the US around symbols like the Confederate Flag and statues of Confederate leaders. For one side, they are just remembering history, but others see them as racist and pro-slavery.

When far-right nationalists marched in protest in Charlottesville to defend a statue of General Lee, his descendant spoke out against them and said his grandfather’s statue should be torn down.

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