Glorifying racism or protecting history? As BlackLivesMatter protesters and US states lock horns over statues, a list of which ones have been toppled so far
The United States has over the past few weeks seen a number of statues pulled down by anti-racism protesters following the death last month of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
The bronze statue at the entrance of the American Museum of Natural History since 1940 depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man standing next to the horse. Photo credit: Twitter/@Ben_Chups. The American Museum of Natural History will remove a prominent statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolises colonial expansion and racial discrimination.
A Columbus statue was also vandalised in downtown Miami with red paint, and another was dragged into a lake earlier in the week in Richmond, Virginia. Serra forced Native Americans to stay at those missions after they were converted or face brutal punishment. A statue of Francis Scott Key brought down by protesters during anti-racism demonstrations at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California on June 19, 2020. Protesters also tore down a statue of Francis Scott Key in a San Francisco park, in the US state of California. He was also a slave owner.
The anti-racism demonstration came on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States.
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