President Trump and others have speculated about why vandals destroyed a Rochester, N.Y., statue of the prominent Black abolitionist even as protests against systemic racism continue.
Source: New York Times
Who Tore Down This Frederick Douglass Statue?
Published in Black Lives Matter Movement, Brooks, Cornell William, Douglass, Frederick, Monuments and Memorials (Structures), National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Slavery (Historical), Trump, Donald J, Underground Railroad (19th Century) and Vandalism
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