A statue of John C. Calhoun, a staunch defender of slavery and former U.S. vice president, is coming down in Charleston, South Carolina.
and many other Black Americans killed at the hands of police or former officers have also led to demonstrations and calls for reforms to police departments around the United States.Calhoun, a former vice president, advocated strongly to protect the institution of slavery and called slavery a"positive good.
The monument has towered over Charleston – home to the port through which 40% of enslaved Africans brought to North America first traveled – since 1898. Mayor John Tecklenburg, who called for the statue's removal, said that"we are setting a new chapter, a more equitable chapter, in our city’s history."
South Carolina’s Heritage Act protects historical monuments and names of buildings, but the mayor said the monument is not on public property, nor does it commemorate one of the historical events listed in the act. According to the National Parks Service, the city technically leases the land, which “is to be kept open forever as a parade ground for the Sumter Guards and the Washington Light Infantry.
City officials said the statue will be placed permanently at “an appropriate site where it will be protected and preserved.”
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