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A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in ...
Re “Petition calls for Lincoln statue to be taken down” by Meghan E. Irons (Metro, June 13): The Emancipation Monument in Boston’s Park Square is a copy of the one in Lincoln Park in ...
A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office.
When Boston artist Tory Bullock looks at the Emancipation Memorial in Boston's Park Square, he sees subservience instead of freedom. Designed and erected in 1876, the statue depicts Lincoln ...
Calls to take down a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston's Park Square, between the Park Plaza and the Transportation Building, are growing. The statue of President Lincoln, the Great Empancipator ...
A statue featuring President Lincoln standing tall above a formerly enslaved Black man crouching at his feet has been removed from downtown Boston. The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the ...
Thousands of Americans are signing a petition to remove a statue that shows President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling slave in Boston's Park Square.
The controversial Emancipation Group Lincoln statue no longer sits in public downtown, though the Boston Art Commission said it will end up in a new home.
Tory Bullock stands near the Emancipation Memorial in Boston (WBZ-TV) The statue depicts a towering Abraham Lincoln standing next to a freed slave kneeling at his feet with shackles on his wrists.
A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet – optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice – has been removed from its perch in ...
A statue that depicts a freed enslaved man kneeling at Abraham Lincoln's feet rests on a pedestal, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Boston.