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How Edwardsville Residents Are Grappling With Their City's Controversial Namesake


St. Louis Public Radio
A statue of Ninian Edwards was removed from its pedestal in City Plaza after a local group, Our Edwardsville, asked for its removal because of the figure’s pro-slavery stances. The statue will still remain in the park.
The wake of a summer of racial reckoning in 2020 has many communities rethinking how they represent influential figures and symbols, including Edwardsville, Illinois. For the past year, some residents have worked to remove a statue of the city’s dubbed founder, Ninian Edwards.
In the fall, the city changed the name of a small park in downtown Edwardsville from Ninian Edwards Plaza to City Plaza. And last week, the city took a park statue of Edwards off its pedestal after a local group, Our Edwardsville, asked for its removal because of the figure’s pro-slavery stances and wars against Native Americans. ....

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Panelists add depth to discussion on Edwards statue


Panelists add depth to discussion on Edwards statue
Topics include racism and history of slavery
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EDWARDSVILLE The primary goal of the “Beyond the Bronze: The Ninian Edwards Statue in Context” virtual event was to encourage discussion about what should be done with the statue, but the educational forum went well beyond the monument dedicated to the city’s namesake.
The event, hosted via Zoom by SIUE’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center, was attended virtually by more than 100 people on Dec. 2 and featured a group of panelists with a wide range of expertise. ....

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