5 Years After Church Massacre, City Says Monument to Slavery Will Go


By BY RICK ROJAS AND GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO
U.S.
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On the anniversary of the mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, officials in Charleston, S.C., announced a plan to remove a statue of the prominent slavery defender John C. Calhoun.
New York Times
Charleston, SC, Shooting (2015), George Floyd Protests (2020), Monuments and Memorials (Structures), Race and Ethnicity, Black People, Slavery (Historical), Politics and Government, City Councils, Black Lives Matter Movement
June 17, 2020 at 11:21PM

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