Emerson College Hosts Panel to Discuss the Removal of Offensive Monuments
“I wanted to point out the importance of claiming space and saying names as acts of resistance”...
“I wanted to point out the importance of claiming space and saying names as acts of resistance”...
"Many students do not feel comfortable seeing him every day when we used to walk to classes."...
“as long as I am president, the University of Virginia will not walk away from Thomas Jefferson”...
“This is Jefferson’s original tombstone that was entrusted to the university and we have a responsibility to insure that it is preserved appropriately”...
"Across America, people are toppling statues and lowering flags that symbolize and honor racism. But the real edifice of structural racism in this country is the education system – and that has to change."...
“These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future” ...
"the most prominent Jefferson statues on Grounds belong to the same historical project as the Lee statue on Market Street — glorifying slaveholders"...
"The statue depicts Revolutionary War-era figure George Rogers Clark"...
"UB understands Fillmore’s complex role in the history of slavery in the United States, which includes the Fugitive Slave Act"...
"Another 12 percent were against and 15 percent are not sure."...
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