Edenton's Confederate Statute Update on Another View

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published September 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM EDT

Edenton, North Carolina is a small coastal town with a population of around 4500- 58% African American and 42% White. Race relations have been strained, in no small part due to a Confederate Statue that since 1961 stood in the heart of the downtown shopping district. In 2021, concerned citizens started protesting to have the statue removed and last month, it came down. On this edition of Another View, the story of racial conciliation in Edenton. With an update on events in Edenton, Susan Inglass, Rod Phillips, and Reverend John Shannon, all members of the Move the Monument Coalition, join Barbara Hamm Lee on this edition of Another View. This, and all Another View programs can be heard on demand on the show's program page.

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Barry Graham

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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