Rochester, NY – A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its Rochester base on the anniversary of one of its most famous speeches, delivered in the city in 1852. Police said the statue was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet …
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A statue of Christopher Columbus in Little Italy in Baltimore was knocked down amid protests Saturday night and then dumped into the Inner Harbor. Videos posted on social media showed that the statue was pulled down with a rope and then dragged down a flight of stairs before being thrown …
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Graffiti saying “Racist Fish” is seen on a statue of “The Little Mermaid” in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 3, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix / Niels Christian Vilmann via REUTERS COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark woke up on Friday with the words “racist fish” scrawled on the base of the “Little Mermaid,” the …
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CharlEstonia’s city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove and relocate a statue of former vice president and slave advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown plaza. the resolution passed It will allow the 100-foot monument in Marion Square to be moved to “an appropriate site where it will be …
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