A proposal to replace a statue honoring a white supremacist in the U.S. Capitol with one recognizing the late Billy Graham, one of the most influential religious leaders in American politics, is gaining traction. North Carolina's other statue — each state gets two — is of Zebulon B. Vance, a former governor who was an officer in the Confederate Army. [ Billy Graham is the first religious leader to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. In July 1957, Graham, after noticing his audiences were overwhelmingly white, invited the Rev. “A great social revolution is going on in the United States today,” Graham said at the time.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2018 18:49 UTC