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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.
Statue of John A. Macdonald (Halterman) Statue of John A. Macdonald (Wade) Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton; Statue of Junípero Serra (San Luis Obispo, California) Statue of Leopold II of Belgium, Ekeren; Statue of Lord Nelson, Bridgetown; Statue of Martinus Theunis Steyn; Statue of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc; Statue of the Empress Joséphine
Monuments and memorials in Virginia removed during the George Floyd protests (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in the United States removed during the George Floyd protests" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Governor Ralph Northam announced the Lee statue's removal in June 2020, days after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide demonstrations.
On December 21, 2020, a statue of Robert E. Lee representing Virginia was removed to be replaced by a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns. [ 142 ] Confederate Memorial Hall , a brownstone row house at 1322 Vermont Avenue NW, just off Logan Circle , was a gathering place for Confederate veterans in Washington, D.C., and later, a ...
Three years after the statue was removed from a square in Providence, R.I., following protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd by police, the statue has re-emerged, this time in the park, in ...
The artwork was vandalized during the local George Floyd protests, [4] [5] and later removed and stored out of public view. [6]In June 2023, the Mellon Foundation awarded the city of Portland and Lewis & Clark College a joint grant to hold public talks about the possible restoration of "The Promised Land" and other statues removed during the Floyd protests.
A statue of George Floyd is situated in Newark, New Jersey. It was completed by Stanley Watts and unveiled in 2021. [59] Located outside Newark's City Hall, [60] it weighs 700 pounds (320 kg), [61] and is sculpted larger than life. The statue is of Floyd sitting relaxed on a bench. [62]