(Boston Globe) The city will take down a controversial statue depicting Abraham Lincoln standing over a half-dressed, kneeling formerly enslaved man after the Boston Art Commission Tuesday voted for its removal.
“As we continue our work to make Boston a more equitable and just city, it’s important that we look at the stories being told by the public art in all of our neighborhoods,” Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement.
“After engaging in a public process, it’s clear that residents and visitors to Boston have been uncomfortable with this statue, and its reductive representation of the Black man’s role in the abolitionist movement. I fully support the Boston Art Commission’s decision for removal and thank them for their work.”