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The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests, mainly due to their connections to racism.The majority are in the United States and mostly commemorate the Confederate States of America (CSA), but some monuments were also removed in other countries, for example the statues of slave traders in the United Kingdom.
List of Confederate monuments and memorials, for a comprehensive list of monuments and memorials, places, schools, parks, streets, geographical features, and other objects named for the Confederacy or its members; Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, for those that have been removed
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
They say the statue presents a weak and servile image of Sacagawea." Its new home has not been decided, and as of December 1, 2019, it has not been removed. [155] Another statue, George Rogers Clark, Conqueror of the Northwest, "is dedicated to William Clark's older brother and stands on the University of Virginia campus. He is astride a horse ...
There are more than 160 Confederate monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy) and associated figures that have been removed from public spaces in the United States, all but five of which have been since 2015. [1] Some have been removed by state and local governments; others have been torn down by ...
This category includes statues that were removed. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
[2] 17 statues have since then been removed and replaced. The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 of marble . Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection.