Taking down statues or putting them up?

As debate and conflict rages over statues of Confederate leaders and soldiers, some are crying, “Take them down!” while others are shouting “Keep ’em up!”

So how about a compromise. How about leaving the statues up, but also putting up an even larger, heroic statue of runaway slaves, beside every statue of a slaveholder or defender of slaveholders, in America?

Perhaps we should get even bolder and give every town a heroic statue of runaway slaves. Why? Because runaway slaves are some of the most courageous (and ignored) heroes in American (not just black) history!

I may even be related to a runaway slave named William Simms. Read his amazing story here.