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Lady Antebellum Changes Name Over Its Connection to Slavery
- The country-music band will now go by the name ‘Lady A’
- Move is part of cultural shift away from symbols of Old South
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Country group Lady Antebellum, whose name celebrated the pre-Civil War South, will now simply go by Lady A -- the latest example of the entertainment industry rethinking terms with racist connotations.
“We are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the Civil War, which includes slavery,” the band said on Twitter.