Petition for Missy Elliott statue

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Channel: Mashable Deals · 2017 · Entertainment

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Over 22,000 people have signed an online petition to replace a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Va., with a statue of their local hero, Missy Elliott. After the white supremacists rally in Charlottesville, there have been calls to remove several Confederate monuments across the country.

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