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Mayor Mitch Landrieu On Removal Of Confederate Monuments, And What Comes Next

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Laine Kaplan-Levenson,
Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Published May 14, 2017 at 8:14 PM EDT
The Take Em Down NOLA Second Line to celebrate the removal of four confederate monuments arrives at Lee Circle. There they find protesters guarding the statue. Sunday, May 7th, 2017.
Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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The Take Em Down NOLA Second Line to celebrate the removal of four confederate monuments arrives at Lee Circle. There they find protesters guarding the statue. Sunday, May 7th, 2017.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu On Why He's Removing Four Confederate Monuments, And What Comes Next

The Jefferson Davis statue was removed before sunrise on May 11th, 2017.  This is the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in New Orleans. Hours after the statue came down, WWNO’s Laine Kaplan-Levenson spoke to Mayor Mitch Landrieu about the safety precautions and controversy surrounding the monument removal, and how this fits into his larger vision of the city’s path towards racial conciliation.

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Laine Kaplan-Levenson is a producer and reporter for NPR's Throughline podcast. Before joining the Throughline team, they were the host and producer of WWNO's award-winning history podcast TriPod: New Orleans at 300, as well as WWNO/WRKF's award-winning political podcast Sticky Wicket. Before podcasting, they were a founding reporter for WWNO's Coastal Desk, and covered land loss, fisheries, water management, and all things Louisiana coast. Kaplan-Levenson has contributed to NPR, This American Life, Marketplace, Latino USA, Oxford American (print), Here and Now, The World, 70 Million, and Nancy, among other national outlets. They served as a host and producer of Last Call, a multiracial collective of queer artists and archivists, and freelanced as a storytelling and podcast consultant, workshop instructor, and facilitator of student-produced audio projects. Kaplan-Levenson is also the founder and host of the live storytelling series, Bring Your Own. They like to play music and occasionally DJ under the moniker DJ Swimteam.