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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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delores garron
6 years ago

that's a disgrace to the black race

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Brandi Moore
6 years ago

Take it down!

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latoya ahart
6 years ago

Proud of you my brother! thank you for standing for us all.. God bless you

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Ashley Enochs
6 years ago

Hire a Black artist to design a statue that both honors Lincoln's legacy and respects the dignity and strength of Black Americans.

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Stephanie Cox
6 years ago

I think Lincoln would have signed this Petition. This statue does not have the right feel for the purported purposes at all. This statue does not honor Lincoln nor serve to celebrate Emancipation. Our Black brothers and sisters should not have to see this demeaning statue. Put yourselves in their shoes. Removing this statue is not forgetting the past nor dishonoring Lincoln or The Emancipation. Removal honors the spirit of both as well as our Black fellow citizens who have had to put up with inequity for far too long.

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AMBER HESCOCK JOHNSON
6 years ago

Let's replace it with a real expression of freedom!

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Stephanie Myers
6 years ago

This and many others! Why are they not shaking hands!? Let's see more statues promoting equality, love and unity.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

NOT the right message at all.

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Fionn Clinton
6 years ago

Get rid of this

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Deborah Smith
6 years ago

Get rid of it!

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Rayquan Kerr
6 years ago

It’s racist

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Frankie Walker-Moore
6 years ago

I was unaware a statue like that existed. SAD

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Natalie Colon
6 years ago

Yes !!!! All for this!!!!

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Listen when people of color speak

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Elaine Hackney
6 years ago

In my eyes, this statue represent submissiveness. It hurts to look at it. It truly needs to come down.

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Lisa Ray
6 years ago

TAKE IT DOWN!!!!!!!

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Tionda Holt
6 years ago

Remove this demoralizing statue!

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worsham abbott
6 years ago

Nice to see one of the Yankee enemy's statues coming down instead of one of ours. Hurrah!

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Catherine Walker
6 years ago

This statue is cringe-worthy and epitomizes Northern ‘benevolent’ racism: on your knees, and not in my neighborhood.

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Janine Penfield
6 years ago

We can have a better statue or memorial.