World News Headlines July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling 0 Slave trader statue gets replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester 0 0000 0 0 more Slave trader statue gets replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found July 15, 2020 Under One Ceiling Slave trader statue gets replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Now this is who should be honored in public spaces. In June, during worldwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing of George Floyd, racist statues found themselves toppled. Sculptures and statues of slave traders and owners, colonizers, oppressors, and makers of racist policies from Christopher Columbus to Confederate General Robert E. Lee were pulled down by protesters as a means to remove these looming figures from public spaces — here are 15 great photos of some rather creatively vandalized ones. One of these statues was that of 17th century English slave trader and former member of Parliament Edward Colston, a bronze sculpture which was dragged through the streets of Bristol, England by protesters and thrown in the Avon river. Read more… More about Uk, Protests, Black Lives Matter, Statue, and Protest Related No related posts. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Coronavirus: PM promises future independent inquiry next Apple wins $15 billion court battle with EU over Irish tax
