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Duggan considers renaming Cobo Center amid national debates over racist symbols

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is reportedly considering renaming Downtown Detroit's Cobo Center.

The move comes amid a a national debate about racist monuments and symbols following the recent clash over a Confederate monument in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In Detroit, you won't find any monuments to the Confederacy, but there has been mounting backlash of controversial statues in recent years, including Dearborn's Orville Hubbard and Christopher Columbus in downtown Detroit.…

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