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  • The Iconoclasts Have It All Wrong. The Emancipation Memorial Shows A Man ‘In The Act Of Getting Up’ For ‘His Freedom’

    06/25/2020 8:08:58 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 16 replies
    The Federalist ^ | June 25, 2020 | Michael Giorgino
    Under fire from ignorant iconoclasts, the Emancipation Memorial shows a former slave 'exerting his own strength with strained muscles in breaking the chain which had bound him.' Black Lives Matter Protesters have threatened to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington. District of Columbia Delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton also called for the “problematic” statue’s removal from Lincoln Park, alleging the statue fails to note how enslaved African Americans pushed for their emancipation. Norton said former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass “expressed his displeasure” at its unveiling.In truth, Frederick Douglass predicted members of his race looking back at its...