New York City Hall to take down racist statue of Thomas Jefferson

Edited by Ed Newman
2021-10-20 18:53:09

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New York City Hall to take down racist statue of Thomas Jefferson

New York, October 20 (RHC)-- In New York City, a prominent statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from City Hall, after a years-long push from Black and Latinx councilmembers. 

New York City Councilmember Adrienne Adams told reporters: “Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder who owned over 600 human beings, African slaves he reaped the economic benefits of slave labor from.  He maintained the notion that Black people were inferior to white people. … I believe it’s time for us as the city to turn the page and move forward.”
 



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