The Emancipation Memorial -- with a design dating back to Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 -- is facing fresh criticism amid a national reckoning on race. The original statue in Washington, D.C. and its replica in Boston have faced criticism not over Lincoln himself, who signed the proclamation to end
A bronze, God-like President Abraham Lincoln towers over a kneeling, newly-freed slave. With one fist clenched, the unnamed man wears only a loincloth and broken shackles at the president's feet.
But as protesters gathered to attempt to take down the statue near the U.S. Capitol Friday night -- and were met by heavily armed guards and a roughly 10-foot-tall barrier -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on protecting monuments, a move he had teased all week. — Donald J. Trump June 26, 2020 While President Trump has argued removing statues would force Americans to forget"our heritage," many Americans argue many of them are painful reminders of something else."This statue right here embodies the white supremacy and the disempowerment of black people that is forced upon us by white people. That is why we are tearing this statue down," said 20-year-old organizer Glenn Foster at an earlier protest this week.
"Although formerly enslaved Americans paid for this statue to be built in 1876, the design and sculpting process was done without their input, and it shows. The statue fails to note in any way how enslaved African Americans pushed for their own emancipation,” said Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of D.C., who is introducing legislation next week to remove the statue.
"I can see controversy, but I can also see beauty in it," Trump said."It was paid for by slaves. I don’t know if you know that. It was paid for because they were so grateful to the president." — Donald J. Trump June 26, 2020 ...I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe — and these people will be brought to Justice!
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