The viral #BlackLivesMatter protests embarked on after the killing of Black American, George Floyd by some police officers recently have encouraged American country band, Lady Antebellum to change their group name to a racially sensitive one.
Lady Antebellum, the Grammy Award-winning group announced via Twitter that they should now be referred to as ”Lady A”.
Dear fans… pic.twitter.com/7JlcH2NMl6
— Lady A (@ladya) June 11, 2020
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‘Antebellum’ has connotations with the slavery era. It is used to refer to the period and architecture in the US South before the Civil War.
The Band members, Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood, said in a statement they are “deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused”.
