Officials in Charleston, South Carolina, plan to remove a statue of slavery advocate John C. Calhoun despite a state law protecting monuments. The move comes five years after a racist attack killed nine people at a Charleston church. (Corrects death toll)
and other historical figures who repressed or oppressed other people are being removed across the country.“What a beautiful show of support from our City Council,” Tecklenburg said, adding that he was happy to see so many come together in the effort “not to erase our long and often tragic history but to begin to write a new and more equitable future.” The mayor anticipated the statue will go to a local museum or educational institution.
“The time has come to not just acknowledge your racist evil wicked past. The time has come to take down the monuments that honor the evil that was done in the name of Charleston, in the name of South Carolina,” Rivers said Tuesday at the foot of Calhoun’s statue. It remains to be seen if Tecklenburg’s interpretation will be disputed. A two-thirds vote from the state General Assembly is required to make any changes under the Heritage Act. That’s a tough task in a state where conservative Republicans dominate the House and Senate, made harder after Republican House Speaker Jay Lucas said, days after the Confederate flag came down in 2015, that he would never consider another change like it while he led the House.
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