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Tracking the defense of racist statues in the US since 2018:
= #HowToKillAStatue map of 100+ statues attacked May 30-June 30, 2020.

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Have you had a chance to explore our new interactive map, visualizing our research into statue removals during the uprisings sparked by the murder of George Floyd?

Let us know what you think, & please share the link: https://t.co/3q0BESWuMW

#DigitalHumanities #HowToKillAStatue

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This new bill is sponsored by @CMSandyNurse:

“New York City Considers the Removal of Statues of Enslavers” https://t.co/c4yGqnvA5h…
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@_elainevelie

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5 years since #WashingtonsNext’s participatory commemoration in Union Square Park.

GW’s statue hasn’t had *any* plaque (not even his name) since summer 2020.

“New York City Considers the Removal of Statues of Enslavers” https://t.co/c4yGqnvA5h @hyperallergic by @_elainevelie

[Radical History Review @RadHistReview]

Reminder: RHR Call for Proposals: "Memory Over Forgetting: Monuments, Memorials and Intangible Heritage," Proposals due August 1, 2023. Details at https://t.co/yTbZZnPw8w

[Hasan Kwame Jeffries @ProfJeffries]

“Nobody is erasing history,” Jeffries told me. “What you’re actually doing is correcting history. Because these monuments — they were erected based upon a lie. That somehow Christopher Columbus was this noble seafarer — that’s a lie.”

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[AJ+ @ajplus]

Richmond, VA, removed its last city-owned Confederate statue this week.

A judge rejected a motion from four indirect descendants of Gen. A.P. Hill to stop the city from removing the statue.

More than 700 Confederate monuments still remain standing in the U.S.

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Revisiting this interactive map that #HowToKillAStatue published on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021: https://t.co/3q0BESX2Cu

Check out the @hyperallergic article about this project, by Valentina Di Liscia:

[Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark @RutgersSASN]

What Does It Take to “Kill” a Monument?
A research project led by SASN historian Lyra Monteiro and grad students tracks every statue of a racist figure that fell last summer — and suggests the possibility of their resurrection is looming. @hyperallergic https://t.co/Ewc7BnGpUB

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Two years later…

#HowToKillAStatue

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One year ago today, protesters in Richmond, Virginia, tore down the statue of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy.

Learn what happened to his statue next on our Instagram account @washingtonsnext.

#GeorgeFloydUprising
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[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Protesters in Richmond have pulled down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy

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Two years ago today: the United Daughters of the Confederacy removed their statue from the middle of a major street in Alexandria, VA.
Do you know where it is now?
Check out our interactive map for more on May-June 2020 statue attacks: https://t.co/3q0BETe5Eu
#HowToKillAStatue

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Two years ago today: Confederate Naval Captain's statue torn down in front of Birmingham's City Hall & Art Museum.
Do you know where it is now?
Learn more about this & other statues that came down in May-June 2020 on our interactive map: https://t.co/3q0BESWuMW
#HowToKillAStatue

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#MemorialDay2022 is the 2 year anniversary of the day the people of Nashville, TN, knocked down the statue of racist journalist Edward Carmack, in front of the State Capital.

100+ statues would be attacked over the next month—see them all on this map: https://t.co/3q0BESWuMW

[Jennifer Peebles @jpeebles]

Protestors in Nashville have toppled the statue at the State Capitol of Edward Carmack, a politician and newspaperman who denounced Ida B. Wells when she dared to write about lynchings

[Washington's Next! a project of #TheMuseumOnSite @WashingtonsNext]

#MemorialDay2022 is the 2 year anniversary of the day the people of Nashville, TN, knocked down the statue of racist journalist Edward Carmack, in front of the State Capital.

100+ statues would be attacked over the next month—see them all on this map: https://t.co/3q0BESWuMW

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First statue to fall in the #GeorgeFloydUprisings: Edward Carmack in Nashville, TN, on May 30.

One month & 100ish toppled statues later, on June 30: Confederate monument in Frederick, MD.

What can we learn from that moment? It's all mapped out here: https://t.co/3q0BESWuMW

[hyperallergic @hyperallergic]

BREAKING: A petition urges NYC to consider melting down, recycling, or disposing of the controversial Roosevelt monument, calling its planned transfer to North Dakota a “mistake.” https://t.co/8aIAIkFyqJ

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Indigenous protesters in Mexico tore down statues of a colonial Spanish priest ordering their ancestors to carry stone blocks.

Purépecha leaders in Morelia say they celebrate enslavement of "thousands of Indigenous people." The city claims the statues make locals "feel pride."

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

The repaired statue has arrived in the back of a truck. The mayor clearly wants it up before the King of Spain’s plane touches a down on the island - @LauraPerezS reports that the King arrived in about 30 minutes.

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We've seen cops protect statues in the states--but sending in a strike force to remove a few people from the pedestal?

In the middle of a heavily touristed area?

Those in power know that statues matter.

This situation is unfolding now.

#HowToKillAStatue

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

NOW: Police in San Juan, Puerto Rico are clearing demonstrators from the pedestal where a statue of Ponce De Leon stood until it was torn down today, the same day Spain’s King arrives in P.R. San Juan’s mayor is having the statue fixed & re-erected today.