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How Ja Morant came to ask Murray, Ky., to tear down a Confederate statue

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 15, 2020 9:13 AM CT | Published: June 13, 2020 2:36 PM CT
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.

Ja Morant wrote a letter to the judge executive in Murray, Kentucky, asking that a Confederate statue be taken down. Here's the story of how that letter happened  and what might come next.

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