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Examples of monuments and memorials across the American landscape
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by Matt Deegan
on July 22, 2021
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The Vanishing Monuments of Columbus, Ohio
Last week, the mayor announced that the city’s most prominent statue of Christopher Columbus would be removed “as soon as possible.”
by
Hanif Abdurraqib
via
The New Yorker
on
June 24, 2020
Richmond’s Confederate Monuments Were Used to Sell a Segregated Neighborhood
Real-estate developers used the statues to draw white buyers to a neighborhood where houses couldn't be sold “to any person of African descent.”
by
Kevin M. Levin
via
The Atlantic
on
June 11, 2020
Turning Grief for a Hidden Past Into a Healing Space
The University of Virginia was built by enslaved people. The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers acknowledges that long-suppressed history.
by
Holland Cotter
via
New York Times
on
August 16, 2020
A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, is dedicated to victims of white supremacy.
by
Campbell Robertson
via
New York Times
on
April 25, 2018
Who Speaks for Crazy Horse?
The world’s largest monument is decades in the making and more than a little controversial.
by
Brooke Jarvis
via
The New Yorker
on
September 16, 2019
What Will Happen to Stone Mountain, America’s Largest Confederate Memorial?
The Georgia landmark is a testament to the enduring legacy of white supremacy
by
Lorraine Boissoneault
via
Smithsonian
on
August 22, 2017
