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June 24, 2020

Charleston, SC Removes Statue of Former VP & Slave Owner John Calhoun
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In Charleston, South Carolina, the city has begun removing a statue of
former Vice President John Calhoun, who was a staunch advocate of
slavery and a slaveholder himself. The Charleston City Council voted
unanimously to remove the monument on Tuesday night after the
115-foot-high statue was repeatedly targeted by protesters. The monument
is located in Marion Square, a block from the Mother Emanuel AME Church
where nine African American worshipers were gunned down in 2015 by white
supremacist Dylann Roof.


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