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Lincoln rests from his labors." More than 12,000 people had signed a petition demanding the statue’s removal, and Boston's public arts commission voted unanimously to take it down. The statue ...
A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office. The “Emancipation Group” statue has ...
The city of Boston removed a statue of a freed slave kneeling at the feet of President Lincoln from one of its parks Tuesday, months after nationwide protests over racial injustice. The ...
Workers dismantled a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston Tuesday, after the city agreed with protesters who say the memorial is demeaning and lacks proper context. The statue depicts Lincoln ...
The controversial Emancipation Group Lincoln statue no longer sits in public downtown, though the Boston Art Commission ... but that the story behind the sculpture should win out.
Boston’s mayor is in favor of taking down a local statue of President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man, after a petition was launched for its removal, his office says.
A statue featuring President Abraham Lincoln and an emancipated slave will be removed from a city square in Boston. Critics of the monument say it does not accurately represent Black Americans ...
BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston man is pushing to take down an “uncomfortable” statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a slave, and has the support of Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The statue stands in Park ...
UNDATED (AP) – A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet has been removed from its downtown Boston perch. Workers early Tuesday removed the Emancipation ...
Lincoln rests from his labors.” More than 12,000 people had signed a petition demanding the statue’s removal and Boston’s public arts commission voted unanimously to take it down.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s arts commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to remove a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet. The commission had fielded escalating ...
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