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Statue being planned to memorialize Jack Connors at the base of former Hancock Tower
The ad mogul-turned-philanthropist died last July, and a memorial will be installed at the corner of St. James and Clarendon ...
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Statue of Lincoln removed in Boston, made people “uncomfortable”
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 ...
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Racialist campaign in Boston culminates in removal of statue of Lincoln and emancipated slave
On December 29, city officials removed from downtown Boston a famous statue of Abraham Lincoln and an emancipated slave that has stood for 141 years. This politically reactionary act was the ...
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Statue of Formerly Enslaved Man Kneeling Before President Lincoln Is Removed in Boston
A statue in a Boston public park that depicted a formerly enslaved man on his knees in front of President Abraham Lincoln was dismantled this week, 141 years after it was erected. The removal of ...
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Boston removes statue of Lincoln freeing a slave
Known as the Emancipation Group statue or the Freedman’s Memorial, the statue has been in place near Boston Common since 1879 and depicts Lincoln standing over a newly freed slave, Archer Alexander.
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A Statue of a Slave and Lincoln that Frederick Douglass Criticized Has Been Removed
The Abraham Lincoln Statue by Thomas Ball in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2020. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images What’s particularly extraordinary about this statue’s removal is that ...
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Boston removes statue of slave kneeling at Lincoln’s feet from public park
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 ...
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Boston removes controversial Lincoln statue
bearing the statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing with his hand out over a kneeling shackled slave after the Boston Art Commission voted in June to remove the statue. Tory Bullock ...
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Boston Removes Controversial Statue of Lincoln With Kneeling Freed Man
After months of public discussion, Boston officials have removed a controversial statue of President Abraham Lincoln with a formerly enslaved man kneeling at his feet. “We’re pleased to have ...
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Statue of freed slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
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.
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Boston removes statue of former slave kneeling before President Lincoln after 141 years
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 ...