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Controversial Lincoln statue is removed in Boston, but remains in D.C.

Controversial Lincoln statue is removed in Boston, but remains in D.C.
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In this June 25, 2020, file photo, a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln s feet rests on a pedestal in Boston. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, the statue that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice was removed from its perch.
A replica of a controversial statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a newly emancipated Black man has been removed from a public park in Boston.
Crews were seen early Tuesday morning wrapping and lifting the statue, according to footage from Boston 25 News. Over the summer, the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove it by year’s end, after more than 12,000 people signed a public petition calling for it to be replaced. ....

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Statue Of Lincoln With Freed Slave At His Feet Is Removed In Boston

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A statue of Abraham Lincoln and a formerly enslaved man has been taken down in Park Square in Boston, Mass., after an intense debate and a petition to remove the work.
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Workers dismantled a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston Tuesday, after the city agreed with protesters who say the memorial is demeaning and lacks proper context. The statue depicts Lincoln holding his hand over a kneeling Black man a figure modeled on Archer Alexander, the last man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act. ....

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'It's an amazing funeral,' Emancipation group statue removed from Boston's Park Square

‘It’s an amazing funeral,’ Emancipation group statue removed from Boston’s Park Square
BOSTON (WBZ) The controversial Emancipation Group Memorial in Boston’s Park Square was removed Tuesday morning. The statue depicts a formerly enslaved Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln.
Critics said the memorial was racist and demeaning. Dorchester native and social media influencer Tory Bullock started a petition to remove the sculpture earlier this year. It quickly racked up thousands of signatures and the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously in June to have it taken down.
“It’s an amazing funeral, I’m here to provide a silent eulogy for this piece of artwork that’s been here for 141 years,” Bullock told WBZ-TV Tuesday as the statue was hauled away on a flatbed truck. ....

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Controversial statue of Lincoln, crouching former slave in Boston removed

Controversial statue of Lincoln, crouching former slave in Boston removed
Statue depicts President Lincoln, crouching former slave
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Updated: 2:36 PM CST Dec 29, 2020
Controversial statue of Lincoln, crouching former slave in Boston removed
Statue depicts President Lincoln, crouching former slave
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Updated: 2:36 PM CST Dec 29, 2020
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IT WAS REMOVED THIS MORNING. THE CONTROVERSIAL EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL SCULPTURE LIFTED FROM THE BASE IT SAT ON FOR MORE THAN 140 YEARS. FOR ME, IT WAS A MOMENT I DIDN’T WANT TO MISS. JENNIFER RAUL FERNANDEZ IS ONE : OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO STOOD IN THE COLD AND WATCHED AS THE BRONZE STATUE WAS REMOVED FROM PARK SQUARE. I REMEMBER WALKING BY IT AND THINKING, OH MY GOD, I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS UP SOMEWHERE NO LESS IN BOSTON. WE FIRST BACK IN 2018 DETERMINED THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMATIC SCULPTURES IN OUR COLLECTION. JENNIFER: PRESIDENT ABR ....

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