These statues have been mostly invisible to the decent American, but, the White Supremacists saw them very plainly as righteous to their belief system. We need to remove the symbols of hate and return function to our parks. Children need plays space.
I hadn't realized but the statues in Baltimore were specifically built in recognition of the White Supremacy of the South. It was flagged with a statement called, "The Lost Cause." Enough of this. White Supremacy is NOT a reasonable cause for a statue, especially a battle statue.
Charlottesville, Virginia might want to build a statue to Heather Heyer.
The slain (click here) included the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church pastor and a state senator, as well as other pillars of the community: a high school track coach, the church sexton, a librarian and an aspiring poet. They all shared deep devotion to the church, known as Mother Emanuel, and passed that faith along to their families, many of whom offered Roof forgiveness when he appeared in court just days after the attack.
Where are the names of these people? I had to look a little harder to find them. I looked everywhere I could before looking on Wikipedia. There are issues. There is a total of 25 Martin Luther King, Jr. statues (click here) in the USA and the rest of the world.
I think a change in the number of characters dedicated in newsprint to African Americans needs to increase. I understand names alone sometimes do not leave behind the impact of the loss of those people, but, kindly consider including names along with their memories and impacts on society.
