I'm a black Southerner. I had to go abroad to see a statue celebrating black liberation.

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Statues in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Jamaica, Saint Martin, Haiti, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Curaçao - all of black men and women who organized, fought, and risked their lives for emancipation.

Confederate statues represent white supremacy When I was growing up, the Confederate statue seemed to blend into the landscape of the city.

Where are the statues depicting black liberation? In 1739, an enslaved Central African man named Jemmy led the Stono Rebellion - the largest slave uprising in colonial American history.

Why are there so many monuments in America celebrating traitors like Jefferson Davis and so few celebrating heroes like Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, and Jemmy? Even the US Capitol has at least three times as many statues of Confederate figures as it does of black people.

In Durham, students tore down a Confederate statue whose odious presence in front of the courthouse could not be endured any longer.

Yes, each Confederate statue should be removed, each Confederate school and street renamed.

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