Justin Timberlake Urges Homestate Of Tennessee To Remove ‘Racist Monuments’
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hollywoodlife.comJustin Timberlake is making it known that he wants to see Confederate monuments taken down, as it is one of the ways for America to move forward in the fight against racism.
The 39-year-old singer hails from Memphis, Tennessee, which is a state rife with statues honoring Confederate leaders. He shared an Instagram video on July 8 from the ACLU which reported there are still 1296 Confederate monuments across 10 southern states.
It explained that those states accounted for over 4,000 lynchings during a 73 year span from 1877 to 1950. “A lot of you know I’m from Tennessee…a state that happens to be the home of many many Confederate monuments.
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