Why Americans are tearing down statues | In a Nutshell

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a police officer, Confederate monuments across the US are being defaced and taken down in a renewed war on America’s statues. But this time around statues of popular US presidents, abolitionists, and Union Civil War heroes are also being toppled. Konstantin Rozhkov takes a closer look at some of the historical figures whose monuments are being targeted to find out what makes BLM protesters tick.

00:00 - Introduction 1:02 - Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Memorial 2:13 - The equestrian memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in New York 3:41 - Col. Hans Christian Heg, Civil War Hero and abolitionist 4:57 - Christopher Columbus, the least popular historical figure these days

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