united front for justice request to remove norfolk confederate monument

UNITED FRONT FOR JUSTICEP.O. BOX 9901

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23505ufj2020@gmail.com(757) 753-7003

June 25, 2015

Honorable Mayor and Members of Norfolk City Council

Re: Remove the 15-foot Confederate Monument Located at the Center of Main

Street in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia

In honor of Cynthia Hurd, 54; Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Rev. DePayne

Middleton-Doctor, 49; Hon. Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41; Tywanza Sanders, 26;

Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Rev. Sharonda Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59. We

are asking the City Council consistent with our request now exceeding 30 thirty-years,

to vote on the immediate removal of the 15-foot Confederate Monument unveiled in May

1907, and other symbols of the Confederacy from public places, similar with the removal

of the Confederate flag from the City Council urged by my deceased friend and mentor

former NAACP President, Attorney James F. Gay, as a memorial honoring the victims.

Our hearts are one with those who grieve the loss of these great individuals.

Respectfully,

Mr. Roy L. Perry-BeyDirector Civil, Political & Human Rights