How Ja Morant came to ask Murray, Ky., to tear down a Confederate statue
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has written to Murray, Kentucky's Calloway County judge executive, advocating the removal of a Confederate monument in the town. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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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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