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As the scope of the protests broadened to include other forms of systemic racism, many statues of other controversial figures such as Christopher Columbus, [3] [4] Junípero Serra, Juan de Oñate and Kit Carson were torn down or removed. Monuments to many other local figures connected with racism were also targeted by protestors.
The protests aimed to have the statue removed, given Christopher Columbus's violence and enslavement of Native Americans. [5] The 2020 George Floyd protests in Columbus renewed calls to remove the statue, with petitions circulating to also remove other statues of the explorer and to rename the city. [6]
The statue was installed in Boston's Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. The statue was dedicated on Columbus Day 1979, at a ceremony attended by Stivaletta, the Italian American community of Boston, Mayor Kevin White and former governor John Volpe. [6] Shortly afterwards, on November 18, 1979, Stivaletta burned the flag of Iran in front of ...
New Haven removed its Christopher Columbus statue Wednesday, becoming the latest city to bring down a monument to the explorer whose expeditions paved the way for the genocide of Native Americans ...
In this Oct. 14, 2019, file photo, a sign reading “stop celebrating genocide” sits at the base of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Providence, R.I., after it was vandalized with red paint.
The public hearing was held just a week after the government announced it would redraw the nation’s coat of arms to remove Christopher Columbus’ three famous ships — the Pinta, the Niña and ...
On August 12, 2020, the Philadelphia Art Commission issued an order to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from Marconi Plaza and to place it in temporary storage. This followed an endorsement of a city proposal, two weeks prior, by the Philadelphia Historical Commission , to remove the statue, citing public safety and susceptibility of ...
Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles ...