New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) with a copy of his new book, “In the Shadow of Statues,” this month. (Kevin McGill/AP)New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D), who advocated and ultimately oversaw the removal of four monuments to Confederate figures that had been erected in prominent places in his city, will be awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in May, the Kennedy Library Foundation said Tuesday. Landrieu, who will leave the mayor’s office May 7 after two terms, published a book this month, “In the Shadow of Statues,” recounting the saga. “People take the word ‘courage’ the wrong way,” Mitch Landrieu said. Landrieu will accept the award at a ceremony on May 20 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

Source: Washington Post March 27, 2018 09:00 UTC