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News Wrap: Confederate portraits removed from U.S. Capitol

PBS, 19 Jun 2020
In our news wrap Thursday, crews removed portraits of four former speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives. All of the men had served in the Confederacy, embodying “violent bigotry and grotesque racism,” according to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Also, New York City’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, says everything from offices to hair salons will reopen Monday, sending up to 300,000 people back to work.

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