National Reckoning Over Race Renews Opposition To Local Monuments, Statues

Our national reckoning over race in America has renewed attention and opposition to monuments, both nationally and locally. A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Boston was beheaded last week and taken down to assess the damage.
That spurred calls to permanently remove the statue by local indigenous groups. The Italian American Alliance said the statue should be repaired and returned.
There was also a renewal of a push to change the name of Faneuil Hall and a petition to remove a statue of Abraham Lincoln and a kneeling Black man in Park Square.
We take stock of what our local monuments in public spaces mean, and how that's resonating in our current moment with Michael Jeffries, associate professor of American Studies at Wellesley.